More than 8,000 social media accounts linked to people smuggling were taken down following referrals from the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year, the law enforcement body said.
This was a 40% increase from the 5,600 accounts removed in 2023, and means more than 16,500 have been taken down in total since the NCA launched its social media action plan with Meta, X (formerly known as Twitter), TikTok and YouTube in December 2021.
