‘Home Secretary Yvette Cooper gave an update on the actions the government will take to protect young people from sexual abuse and grooming gangs.’
Home Office, 16th January 2025
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The Elon Musk-instigated argument over whether the UK needs another national inquiry into rape and sexual abuse gangs reached the Commons on Wednesday, with the Conservatives pushing an amendment that would set up such a process, while at the same time torpedoing a wider government bill on schools and child welfare.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prof Alexis Jay, the former chair of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse, has called for the “full implementation” of reforms set out in her 2022 report, which warned of “endemic” abuse across society in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 6th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation that formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered by the National Crime Agency.’
BBC News, 4th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang has been jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £200m in a cargo of bananas from Colombia.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a mother who was shot in the head through her front door as she tried to shield her two children from a gang feud.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A gang member who escaped to Pakistan has been jailed nine years after fatally shooting a man seven times.’
BBC News, 24th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A senior figure in the Kinahan organised crime group has been jailed for six years after he orchestrated a gun cache plot from prison.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An organised crime group that flooded a town with drugs worth more than £400,000 have been sentenced.’
BBC News, 14th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seven people have been jailed for operating an undercover £55m money-laundering ring aimed at international university students seeking to bypass limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of China.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother and son whose lives have been completely reshaped by living under witness protection have called for a wholesale review of the system, warning that instead of keeping people safe it can be “hostile” to innocents.’
The Guardian, 27th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A murderer with an “entirely misplaced” sense of injustice over his life sentence had an appeal rejected.’
BBC News, 19th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Scores of asylum-seeking children are still missing from the UK’s Home Office hotels as a new report reveals that many are likely to have been trafficked.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An organised crime gang has been jailed after the largest ever seizure of illegal drugs in East Sussex.’
BBC News, 28th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five teenagers – including 16-year-old twins – have been jailed for killing a man in a planned attack.’
BBC News, 11th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five members of an organised criminal gang, which falsely claimed more than £53 million in Universal Credit in the largest benefit fraud in England and Wales, have been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th May 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The gang admitted £53.9m of fraudulent claims, and at Wood Green Crown Court on Thursday two of the gang members received what are thought to be the longest sentences ever passed down for benefit fraud.’
BBC News, 30th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six semi-professional footballers who formed a drugs gang to supply cocaine have been jailed.’
BBC News, 28th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A gang leader sentenced for sexually exploiting children in Rotherham has been convicted of another rape after a new victim came forward. Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 42, who was already serving 23 years for child sex abuse crimes, was handed a 12-year prison term on Friday.’
The Independent, 26th May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Rap and drill music was used as prosecution evidence for serious charges including alleged gang-related murders against at least 252 defendants in England and Wales over a three-year period, a study has found.’
The Guardian, 30th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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