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Drug Dealer Jailed After Rigging Homes with ‘Home Alone’ Booby Traps

A 60-year-old man has been jailed for seven years after rigging multiple properties with improvised booby traps including a homemade flamethrower to protect a cannabis-growing operation. Ian Claughton was convicted of 10 offences, including possession of firearms and explosives, drug production and possession of criminal property. Sheffield Crown Court heard that his elaborate security measures […]

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Man Who Called Migrants ‘Chickens’ Found Guilty in UK Smuggling Plot

Crime, Metro / Author

An Iraqi national based in Wolverhampton has been found to be part of what prosecutors described as a “dangerous” organised crime network smuggling migrants into the UK via small boats. Ramal Briem, 33, was linked to a large-scale operation that moved Vietnamese migrants across Europe before arranging Channel crossings into Britain for £1,500 per person.

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Birmingham Cocaine Dealers Jailed After Police Seize £50,000 Cash, Drugs Hidden in Storage Units

Crime / Author

Two Birmingham men have been jailed after police uncovered a large cocaine supply operation involving drugs and cash stored in multiple lock-up units across the city. Jamie Elkin, 37, from Castle Bromwich, and Lewis Lacey, 31, from Castle Vale, were arrested following a West Midlands Police investigation that exposed their large-scale drug operation. Elkin was

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Ex-Marine at Heart of £20 Million Tax Fraud Linked to London Crime Syndicate

Crime / Author

A former Royal Marine commando has been jailed for helping to mastermind a £20 million tax fraud, one of HM Revenue and Customs’ largest ever investigations. Almost all of HMRC’s investigators were involved in coordinated raids across the UK on 12 March 2003, targeting dozens of individuals and 30 companies. The operation centred on Winnington

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Organised Crime Exploits Loopholes in UK Tenancy Law to Target Landlords

Investigation / Author

For months, Alex York believed his Chelsea tenants were simply behind on rent. “I just thought they were normal tenants,” he says. But when York visited the property to speak with them, he discovered a far darker reality. His home had been taken over by a criminal gang running a large scale property scam. A

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“Dirty Money in London” : Properties Frozen Over Cambodian Torture Compound Links

Crime, Investigation / Author

More than £130 million worth of London property has been seized as part of an international crackdown on a criminal network accused of running brutal scam compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar. Two men Chen Zhi and Qiu Wei Ren were added to the UK sanctions list on Tuesday, alongside several companies connected to them, in

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