Two men have been convicted for conspiring to facilitate the illegal immigration of migrants – including eight children - into the UK who were hidden in the back of a lorry.

Daniel Loughran, 34, and Eoin Nolan, 51, were found guilty today following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court of conspiring to assist with unlawful immigration.

The defendants were prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Six men have today been jailed for their involvement in an organised crime group (OCG) which laundered millions of pounds.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted the defendants following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under Operation Venetic.

Under this law enforcement operation, EncroChat, an encrypted messaging platform, was infiltrated and incriminating messages from devices linked to organised crime were revealed.

Three members of an organised crime group (OCG) who conspired to smuggle immigrants in a boat from France to the UK have been jailed today.

Freddy Lawrence, 57, Keith Baigent, 63, and Paul Giglia, 64, have been sentenced to seven years and six months, three years and nine months, and three years and four months imprisonment, respectively at Canterbury Crown Court for conspiring to assist in unlawful immigration.

Lawrence, of Folkestone Kent, headed the OCG and masterminded the criminal operation.

A leader behind an organised crime group (OCG), which trafficked heroin and cocaine into England and Scotland, has been jailed following his extradition from Portugal.

Stephen Earle, 52, was sentenced to 11 years and four months imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court today (2 August 2024), after pleading guilty to being involved in a conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

In July 2020, the defendant travelled to Portugal and stayed there in an attempt to evade detection by the authorities.

A ringleader who organised the importation and supply of Class A drugs disguised in printer ink has today (27 June 2024) been jailed at Isleworth Crown Court.

Jonathan Strogylos, 36, was one of a group of twelve men involved in a large-scale operation to supply cocaine and was imprisoned for 31 years today

By an agreement reached between the US Justice Department and Julian Assange, Mr Assange left the UK yesterday, following arrangements facilitated by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The Crown Prosecution Service’s 14-year involvement in attempts to extradite Mr Assange has now concluded, subject to the formal withdrawal of the US extradition request.

A Black Country based group has been convicted of running a multi-million-pound fake medicines business, including powerful anti-anxiety tablets such as Xanax.

Two people were convicted yesterday of their part in the operation to supply controlled drugs at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Eight others, including the man who controlled the business, Brian Pitts, pleaded guilty previously.