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Showing 31 - 40 of 54 results for crime type "International and organised crime" & area "CPS"
A sex offender who assaulted a teenage girl after stealing her phone from her has been jailed for two more years.
The CPS prosecuted Ishtiaq Khaliq, 40, after an investigation by officers from the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood, which is looking into allegations of non-familial…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
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.Anthony Terry, 49, pleaded guilty to importing…
A man who blackmailed children into sending him indecent images of themselves over social media has today been jailed.
Ishmael Lance Duncan, 24, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment plus a six-year extended licence at Inner London Crown Court on 1 December 2023 after he pleaded guilty to a…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
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.
Caolon Gormley, 26, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration on 27 November 2023 following a trial…
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.
Gheorghe Nica, 46, is the final…
Press ReleaseProceeds of crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
A man who groomed schoolgirls and abused them on multiple occasions at his home in Rotherham has today been convicted and jailed.
The CPS prosecuted Neil Cawton, 68, after an investigation by officers from the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood, which is looking into allegations of non…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
On Wednesday 22 November at Liverpool Crown Court, four men were sentenced to a total of 173 years in prison for the murder of Ashley Dale at her home in Old Swan in August 2022, conspiracy to murder Ashley’s boyfriend Lee Harrison and conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, namely a Skorpion…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeViolent crimeCPSMersey-Cheshire
Four men have been jailed a combined total of 62 years for conspiring to import 139kg of cocaine into the country hidden in a shipment of bananas.
The CPS prosecuted Robert Ball, 59, Mirgent Shahu, 32, Arman Kaviani, 37 and Florjan Ibra, 30, following an investigation by the National Crime…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeDrug offencesCPS
A former children’s holiday camp manager who posed as a teenage girl in order to groom children online has been jailed.
Cameron Osman, 45, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment plus a five-year extended licence at St Albans Crown Court today (1 November 2023).
The defendant, from…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeSexual offencesCPS
A man has pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl in Rotherham in the early 2000s.
The CPS prosecuted Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 42, as part of Operation Stovewood, a major National Crime Agency investigation into child sexual abuse and exploitation which took place in Rotherham, South…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
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