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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
George Lithgow

Thousands of businesses ‘to be raided’ amid nationwide crackdown on shops with links to organised crime

A new specialist law enforcement unit is set to target criminal gangs operating from illicit high street businesses across the UK, the government has announced.

The initiative, backed by £20 million, will see a dedicated National Crime Agency (NCA) cell coordinate a national response, with a separate unit overseen by security minister Dan Jarvis tasked with developing solutions.

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