A man who pretended to be a teenage girl on social media to blackmail young boys into sending him nude images has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Jay Morgan Taylor Lang, 24, appeared at Basildon Crown Court today (22 September 2023) for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to a total of 46 charges including blackmail, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, causing child sexual exploitation and arranging the commission of a child sex offence.

Lang received a 21-year prison sentence and was given an additional six-year extended licence.  

A man who blackmailed children into sending him indecent images of themselves over social media has been convicted. 

Ishmael Lance Duncan, 24, has pleaded guilty to a total of 50 charges relating to child sexual abuse including blackmail, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, sexual communication with a child, making and possessing indecent image of children (IIOC) and possession of extreme pornographic images. 

The CPS authorised the charges against Duncan, of Lambeth, London, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

A man who blackmailed women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts for him has been convicted.

Anthony Burns (AKA Danny Burns), 39, has been convicted of 41 offences including blackmail, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, causing sexual exploitation of a child and making and distributing indecent images of a child (IIOC).

The CPS authorised the charges against Burns, formerly of Lowestoft in Suffolk, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. 

A man has been jailed for his role in a people smuggling operation which resulted in the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children.
 
Marius Mihai Draghici, 50, has been sentenced today (11 July 2023) to 12 years and seven months imprisonment at the Old Bailey in London.
                                                              

A paedophile has been jailed for travelling to other countries to sexually abuse children and advising others on how to do the same on a dark web chat site.

David Mould, 68, of Seaford, East Sussex, made trips to the Philippines and Nepal between April 2018 and May 2019, to sexually abuse and exploit children.

A former England U19 footballer has been ordered to pay back £69,747.70 in confiscation after being convicted of supplying cannabis and money laundering offences as part of an organised criminal gang. In separate proceedings, her father Michael Dunn was found to have benefitted by £50,563.53, but he had no assets. If he obtains assets in future, CPS can pursue him for the full amount. 

Four members of an organised criminal group have been sentenced for conspiring together to bring millions of pounds worth of illegal drugs hidden among bananas and furniture into the UK.

James Jenkins, 25, Humayan Sadiq, 43, and Connor Fletcher, 25, were found guilty following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 May 2023 for conspiring to import drugs. They have been sentenced today (28 July 2023) to 15, 27, and 12 years imprisonment respectively. 

Three men who played major roles in supplying fraudulent passports to some of the most serious organised criminals have been jailed. 

Christopher Zietek, 67, of Sydenham, London, Anthony Beard, 61, of Lewisham, London, and Alan Thompson, 72, of Sutton, Surrey, have been sentenced at Reading Crown Court today (16 May 2023) to eight years, six years and eight months, and three years imprisonment respectively.