Threat from teenage boys in ‘sadistic’ online groups surges sixfold, National Crime Agency warns
Intelligence shows a rise in ‘com networks’ used by ‘young men who are motivated by status, power, control, misogyny, sexual ...
Sadistic online gangs run by teenage boys committing harrowing abuse, top crime chiefs warn
Harrowing crimes have increased six-fold between 2022 and 2024, and include child abuse and the sharing of extreme material ...
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier
The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced ...
Sadistic Online Gangs Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency
Violent online groups are recruiting teenagers in Britain, according to the National Crime Agency, which warned that young ...
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National Crime Agency gives PSNI 'intelligence' on suspected Dark Web child abuse site users
A total of 28 UK police forces have been provided with intelligence about users of the child sexual abuse website ...
'Career criminal' jailed over £1.5m heroin seizure
A "career criminal" has been jailed after he was found with heroin worth about £1.5m. Alam Zeb Khan, of Bordesley Green Road, ...
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Cybercrime agency, FIA get new heads
Riffat Mukhtar, a grade-21 police officer and current inspector general of the National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) ...
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What are Com networks and what threat do they pose?
The National Crime Agency (NCA) raised the groups as a key threat in its annual National Strategic Assessment, published on Tuesday. The groups are loose online networks that share extreme graphic ...