A MAN who named himself after Jeffrey Epstein and forced more than 100 victims into sexual activity and self-harm, including them carving his online username into their bodies, has been sentenced to just two years in prison. Justin Swaddle, 20, (above) from Leeds, was just 17 at the height of his offending as part of a Com group, a community of people online committing criminality including coercing victims to physically harm or sexually abuse themselves or involved in frauds

A MOTHER has admitted smuggling more than 50 kilos of cannabis worth over half a million pounds from Thailand into the UK stuffed into four suitcases. Amy Jayne Durban, 45, was told she faces a significant jail term after she admitted to one count of smuggling Class B drugs at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, August 6 2026. The court heard she was arrested at Heathrow Airport by Border Force officers on July 6 this year after the drugs were found in the bags after she flew

A man who encouraged child sexual abuse facilitators to make their victims ‘cry’ has been sentenced, to just 32 months in prison following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. The NCA launched an investigation into Christopher Sanders, 50, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, after receiving intelligence from international partners in July 2023 about a UK individual who was a prolific purchaser of live-streaming content. From August 2017 to February 2019 Sanders used online

AN Indian national has been charged with a sanctions offence by the Crown Prosecution Service following an arrest by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers after Royal Marines boarded a ship in the English Channel. Ajay Pant, 38, has been charged with directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country during the period of June 2026 in contravention of Reg 46Z9B Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The ve

EIGHT grooming gang investigations that were shut down by police forces are being reopened after they were reviewed by the National Crime Agency's national Operation Beaconport. The NCA confirmed this today, one year since the publication of Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, but it has not identified which police forces are involved or if it is eight separate ones. It also said that new suspected grooming gangs have been ident

A MOTHER her two children and nephew were among five people found guilty of carrying millions of pounds of criminal cash to Dubai, aided by a corrupt Emirates worker who helped waive their hefty excess baggage fees. Heather Jeffrey, 58, children Sheldan Noel, 30, and Lamara Noel, 34, all from Bradford, and nephew Devanyl Graham, 26, from Dewsbury, took a number of flights to the UAE city between December 14 2017 and November 15 2019. The cash was smuggled on flights from Manc

A WANTED man on the new fugitives campaign launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and partners has been arrested in Spain. Following an investigation led by the Guardia Civil, Simon Dutton, 49, has been arrested today 14 May 2026 in La Nucia, near Benidorm. Dutton, who was one of 12 fugitives featured in the NCA's most wanted fugitive campaign launched today, is now in custody in Spain. Dutton is wanted for a re-call to prison. He was sentenced for organising large-scal

A new appeal has been launched to locate and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who are believed to be hiding in, or have links to Spain. The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, drugs offences and money laundering. Publication of the latest list of fugitives marks the 20th anniversary of Operation Captura – a multi-agency campaign which has seen 98 fugitives apprehended out of 111 publicised. The NCA’s Most Wanted campaign is run in

The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs for England and Wales has formally received its mandate with its terms of reference published today, March 31 2026. Once they are laid before the House of Commons on 13 April, the Inquiry will begin its investigation into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children by grooming gangs across England and Wales. The Inquiry is chaired by Baroness Anne Longfield CBE, supported by panellists Zoë Billingham CBE and Eleanor Kell

FOUR Syrian nationals were arrested in Germany as part of a major probe into the supply of equipment to Channel migrant people smugglers. British National Crime Agency (NCA) officers joined international partners to target a network suspected of supplying the equipment to groups behind the dangerous Channel crossings by small boats to the UK. The raids, which took place in the North Rhine-Westphalia region on wednesday morning (March 25 2026), also saw boats and engines seize