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Six arrested after £300m of cocaine is found on yacht

03.08.11
Six suspected members of an international drugs gang have been arrested after Customs seized cocaine with a street value of about £300 million... more

Bail objections over cyber attack teenager

27.06.11
Prosecutors want a teenager accused of carrying out a cyber attack on the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency to stay under lock and key throughout his trial... more

Teen accused of cyber attack is granted bail after mother pleads to judge

27.06.11
The teenager accused of a cyber attack on the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) website wins bail after an impassioned plea from his mother... more

Hacking gang attacks US site as Essex teen is charged

24.06.11
Global hacking gang, who have already attacked the websites of the CIA and Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, strike again releasing details of thousands of US government workers ... more

Serious hackers don't let on what they're up to

23.06.11
The targets sound impressive. By hitting the CIA, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sony and Fox, hacker group Lulzsec has moved from the fringe and into the headlines in a matter of weeks... more

Cyber-crime police quiz Essex teenager 'who hacked the CIA'

22.06.11
Police are continuing to question a teenager suspected of masterminding a global computer hacking plot from his bedroom in Essex... more

National Crime Agency launch is biggest police shake-up for 50 years

08.06.11
A US-style National Crime Agency will be set up to tackle serious and organised crime and protect the UK's borders, the Home Secretary will announce... more

Taliban grow rich from misery of opium farmers and addicts

07.06.11
In Helmand, there are two enemies: the Taliban and the opium poppy. Gains have been slowly made against the insurgents but the fight against drug production has been much tougher ... more

'Costa del Crime fugitive' arrested in the UK on drugs charges

11.03.11
Suspected criminal thought to have been hiding on the 'Costa del Crime' has been arrested in the UK ... more

Elite crime unit's database of one million suspects 'breaks the law'

20.01.11
Secret database of suspects operated by Britain's elite crime-fighting unit breaks data protection and human rights laws, according to the information watchdog... more

Consortium's crime agency IT contract

11.01.11
A consortium led by Logica wins a £157 million, 10-year contract to outsource IT services for the Serious Organised Crime Agency... more

British students held in Ibiza drugs raid

31.08.10
A group of students were among 20 Britons arrested after police smashed a suspected drugs ring on Ibiza, authorities say... more

Crooks told: Have a nice trip, we’re watching you

18.08.10
Career criminals who leave the country to go on holidays are being sent letters by the Serious Organised Crime Agency wishing them 'a nice time'... more

Life after prison for ex gangland boss Terry Adams

12.07.10
Former gangland boss Terry Adams is out of jail but his days of extortion, robbery and lavish spending look over. Tony Thompson reflects on what made the Adams empire so feared — and what the future now holds.... more

Economic crisis risks creating ‘new Bernie Madoff’ fraud

06.07.10
City investors are warned they could be hit by a new Bernie Madoff-style hedge fund fraud... more

City Spy: Chaucer, FSA and Russian intrigue

29.03.10
Curious goings-on at Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer... more

FuturaGene plunges on link to two ‘insiders’

25.03.10
Shares in plant genetics firm FuturaGene fall 16% after it emerged two of the suspects arrested in the alleged City insider dealing ring this week are among its largest shareholders... more

London's Most Wanted: Convicted killers on the run

16.03.10
This is the face of one of London’s Most Wanted criminals who is suspected of having fled the UK to Amsterdam... more

'Most wanted man' is arrested in Holland

18.12.09
A suspected drug lord named as one of Britain's most wanted men has been arrested in Holland, police said... more

Prison for brothers who ran £5m drugs empire

12.06.09
Two brothers who led a criminal gang involved in drug smuggling and money laundering were each sentenced to 14 years in prison... more

£2.5m fake money gang face prison

03.03.09
A gang of counterfeiters who set up a multi-million-pound banknote forging operation in a pensioner's home are facing jail... more

Hackers steal details of 4.5m in biggest case of cyber theft

27.01.09
The personal details of 4.5 million people have been stolen from a recruitment website in Britain's biggest case of cyber theft... more

Thai police arrest Britons in clampdown on child abuse

11.12.08
Suspected British child abusers have been arrested in Thailand in a joint sweep involving local police and British investigators... more

Naming serious criminals ‘breaks human rights law’

11.11.08
Britain's elite crime-fighting force has been barred from naming and shaming some of the country's most serious criminals because it could infringe their human rights... more

Mr Bigs run £40bn drugs and arms trade from prison cells

08.08.08
Jailed crime bosses are controlling a £40 billion trade in drugs and weapons from their cells, a new intelligence map shows... more

'Blacked-up' actor used in police job test

04.07.08
Britain's elite crime-fighting force faced accusations of racism after it used a "blacked-up" white actor to play an African official as part of a recruitment process... more


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