‘A drug dealer has had his confiscation order increased by £1.8million almost a decade after his original conviction following an application by the Crown Prosecution Service.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 4th May 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A computer hacker who stole customers’ data from more than 100 companies worldwide before selling the information to criminals on the dark web is facing years in jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A police officer who stole and sold the illegal drugs he was meant to dispose of has been ordered to pay back more than £135,000.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th April 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The leader of a drugs gang that ran a cocaine supply ring worth more than £2m has been jailed for nine years.’
BBC News, 12th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Home Secretary Amber Rudd today sets out a multi-million pound commitment to steering young people away from crime and tackling violent drug-dealing gangs.’
Home Office, 9th April 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Stop and search for suspected minor drug crimes such as cannabis possession is hampering the Metropolitan police’s ability to tackle London’s knife crime epidemic by souring relationships with the public, the chair of the Metropolitan Black Police Association has said.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has ruled out issuing a medical cannabis licence to a six-year-old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug abroad.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In early November 2017, media outlets hailed the Paradise Papers as a major scoop: 13.4 million leaked documents revealed the financial details of some of the world’s leading brands, politicians, sports stars, and musicians. But this was to be no repeat of last year’s Panama Papers, in which well-known names appeared relating to criminal acts like “corruption,” “tax evasion,” and “money laundering”; the Paradise Papers failed to reveal a single crime.’
OUP Blog, 31st January 2018
Source: blog.oup.com
‘Two men have been jailed for what a judge called the “callous and morally repugnant” roles they played in supplying a schoolgirl with MDMA shortly before her death.’
The Independent, 30th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (“PSA”) came into force on 26th May 2016. This article aims to give an outline of the PSA and an analysis of sentencing practice under the statute.’
Drystone Chambers, 3rd November 2017
Source: drystone.com
‘Around 50 drug-driving prosecutions have been dropped because original test results may have been “manipulated”.’
BBC News, 21st November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Drug addicts who sell heroin to other users will not face prosecution under a new scheme, a police chief has said. Durham Police Chief Constable Mike Barton said those found in possession of drugs, including class A narcotics cocaine and heroin, would not go before a court if they agreed to go on a four-month programme.’
The Independent, 19th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) have closed their investigation into British Cycling and Team Sky, deeming it “impossible” to determine the contents of a Jiffy bag delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins at the Critérium du Dauphiné in June 2011.’
The Independent, 15th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who helped himself to cocaine that had washed up on a beach has been given a two year suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 7th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Websites that do not prevent the sale of illegal goods are complicit in cyber-crime, a crime chief has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘There has been a 300% increase in the number of victims of modern slavery referred for support in the past six years, and a huge increase in the number of men from Vietnam trafficked to work in illegal cannabis farms.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A refuse collector has been jailed for supplying drugs to a 15-year-old girl shortly before she collapsed and died.’
The Guardian, 22nd September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Members of a “cynical and well-practised” grooming gang have been jailed for up to 29 years for sexually abusing vulnerable girls in Newcastle upon Tyne after plying them with drugs.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An undergraduate who became one of the first people to be convicted for selling laughing gas or “hippy crack” is to launch an appeal after similar court cases collapsed over confusion surrounding the law.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Laughing gas could still be legal after a judge dismissed a case, saying the drug is not covered by a law which bans “legal highs”.’
The Independent, 31st August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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