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What are Com networks and what threat do they pose?

The National Crime Agency has warned of the threats posed by online networks of teenage boys involved in disturbing crimes.

Evening Standard

Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

Evening Standard

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 gratification or an obsession with extreme or violent material’

The Independent UK

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Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

National Crime Agency says such groups are fuelling crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuse

The Guardian - UK

‘Sadistic gangs of boys share extreme material online that normalises violence’

The loosely connected ‘com networks’ are also involved in crimes as wide-ranging as child abuse and fraud.

The Independent UK

Taking drugs is more dangerous than ever in Britain, says NCA

Director general warns that people taking nitazenes, often without knowing it, can ‘absolutely die the very first time’

The Guardian - UK

Stark NCA warning drug taking has never been more dangerous as death toll from super-strength nitazenes soars

Fears synthetic opioid 500 times stronger than morphine may be in recreational drugs like cocaine and MDMA

The Independent UK

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War in Gaza ‘fuelling more radicalisation than birth of Islamic State caliphate’

National Crime Agency warns of impact of ‘misinformation and disinformation’ over conflict

Evening Standard

NCSC Reiterates Increased Cyber Vigilance for Companies While Lauding NCA's LockBit Crackdown

NCA with other international organisations seized control of LockBit ransomware's technical infrastructure, aiming to diminish its threat to the UK and the world.

International Business Times UK

Global Operation Smashes 'Most Harmful Cyber Crime Group'

An international operation led by UK and US law enforcement has severely disrupted "the world's most harmful cybercrime group", the Russian-linked ransomware specialist LockBit, officials announced Tuesday.

International Business Times

Rapes and murders in the Metaverse could be treated as criminal offences, says National Crime Agency boss

Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s director general, says crimes committed in virtual reality could have real life impacts on victims

Evening Standard

Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders

Exclusive: Privacy campaigners say clause in new criminal justice bill will put all UK drivers on ‘permanent police lineup’

The Guardian - UK

Eight in 10 convicted in UK over child abuse images avoid prison, NCA says

National Crime Agency calls for tougher sentencing and a new offence of running abuse websites

The Guardian - UK

Spies to help catch criminals exploiting ‘cloak of invisibility’ online

NCA unveils plan to help law enforcers target organised criminals operating online

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

NCA calls for possession of 3D-printed gun blueprints to be made illegal

UK agency seized 17 3D-printed firearms last year, up from three in 2021, and is training police to identify weapons and equipment

The Independent UK

‘Facebook end-to-end encryption like turning a blind eye to child abuse’

National Crime Agency director-general Graeme Biggar gave the stark warning during a lecture on security.

Evening Standard

‘Use EU laws to seize small boats before they leave French shores’, says National Crime Agency

Boats being used to transport migrants could be stopped on the grounds of safety regulations issued by Brussels

Evening Standard

Cocaine Capital: record London seizures by police but number of arrests tumbles

‘Teenagers are being stabbed to death in turf wars for someone’s weekend cocaine treat,’ said one social worker

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The Guardian - UK

AI could worsen epidemic of child sexual abuse, warns UK crime agency

NCA estimates one in 50 men poses risk to children as AI threatens to exacerbate radicalising effect of internet

Evening Standard

Cost of living crisis threatens new surge in ‘high harm’ crime

National Crime Agency predicts likely surge in burglary, car thefts and robbery

The Independent UK

Crime agency staff given written warnings for ‘predatory sexual behaviour’

Inspectors also found senior National Crime Agency staff accused of sexual misconduct were treated more leniently than junior colleagues.

The Independent UK

‘Predatory sexual behaviour and casual sexism’ tolerated in National Crime Agency, watchdog finds

‘Sexual predator’ let off with a written warning and men guilty of sexual misconduct allowed to return to units, report says

The Independent UK

Government brings in spies to ‘take the fight’ to text scammers

Banks will be able to delay suspect payments, bogus communications will be stopped at source and a new scam reporting system will be set up.

The Independent UK

UK government’s new fraud strategy to ‘block scams at the source’

New National Fraud Squad will be backed by 400 new specialist investigator

The Independent UK

Government to ‘take the fight’ to fraudsters with plans to block scams at source

Banks will be able to delay suspect payments, bogus communications will be stopped at source and a new scam reporting system will be set up.

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