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Showing 1 - 10 of 42 results for crime type "International and organised crime" & area "CPS"

Criminals who laundered fraudulently-obtained life savings in £12 million shares scam sentenced

Three men who laundered funds fraudulently obtained from 350 people tricked into investing more than £12 million in non-existent or worthless shares have been sentenced today.

| Press Release , International and organised crime, Fraud and economic crime , CPS News

Men jailed for laundering more than £12m of criminal cash

Two men have been jailed for their role in operating an organised crime group which laundered more than £12 million of criminally obtained cash in the UK. 

| Press Release , Fraud and economic crime, International and organised crime , CPS News

Serious sex offender who used false identities to blackmail women and children online jailed

A man who blackmailed women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts has today been jailed.

| Press Release , Sexual offences, International and organised crime , CPS News

Man convicted for running illegal financial service for people smugglers

 An illegal money service bureau owner who operated as a banker for criminals smuggling migrants into the UK has today been convicted. 

| Press Release , Fraud and economic crime, International and organised crime , CPS News

Drug smugglers foiled by farmer jailed over £29 million plot

Two men, whose conspiracy to smuggle drugs and cigarettes into the UK was foiled after a farmer accidentally spotted a consignment of cocaine, have been handed lengthy prison sentences today.

| Press Release , International and organised crime, Drug offences, Fraud and economic crime , CPS News

Convicted sex offender jailed two more years for assaulting teenage girl

A sex offender who assaulted a teenage girl after stealing her phone from her has been jailed for two more years.

| Press Release , Sexual offences, International and organised crime , CPS News

Four men imprisoned for the supply of illegal drugs

Four members of an organised crime group and a criminal associate have been imprisoned today (Thursday 7 December 2023)  for their roles in the importation and distribution of huge quantities of cocaine and cannabis, at Stafford Crown Court.

| Press Release , International and organised crime , CPS News

Man who posed as model agency scout to blackmail children into sending him indecent images jailed

A man who blackmailed children into sending him indecent images of themselves over social media has today been jailed.

| Press Release , Sexual offences, International and organised crime , CPS News

Haulage boss jailed seven years for his role in people-smuggling network linked to Essex lorry deaths

A haulage boss has been jailed today for his involvement in a people-smuggling network linked to the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in Essex.

| Press Release , International and organised crime , CPS News

People smugglers ordered to pay over £280,000 from criminal profits in the Essex lorry deaths case

A convicted people smuggler, responsible for the manslaughter of 39 people who died in the back of a lorry in Essex, has today (24 September 2023) been ordered to pay a total of £65,157.65 to victims’ families through a Confiscation Order made by the court today.

| Press Release , Proceeds of crime, International and organised crime , CPS News

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