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Police freeze £1m as high street raids find cannabis farms and evidence of slavery

Thirty-five arrests after hundreds of barbershops and other businesses raided in UK money-laundering investigation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025

Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police in crackdown on money laundering and modern slavery

Ten shops were shut down, and further closures are expected after police forces across the country visited 265 cash-focused businesses

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police operation against money laundering

The operation targeted barbershops in an effort to prevent criminal gangs from using cash-intensive businesses for money laundering, the NCA said.,

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

Sanju Samson cleared by CoE to keep wickets; set to return as Rajasthan Royals captain

MUMBAI: In a big boost for the Rajasthan Royals, India's T20 'keeper-bat and opener Sanju Samson is set to resume his captaincy and wicketkeeping duties after being cleared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru. The Rajasthan Royals captain, who had…

The Times of India · Apr 2, 2025

UK to work with allies and social media to tackle people smuggling adverts

A new agreement will see nations and social media giants work more closely together to tackle criminal gangs using online platforms to advertise.

Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025

Airport security uncover £1m drug stash inside electric wheelchair

The National Crime Agency says the concealment ‘shows the ingenuity crime groups employ to smuggle cocaine’

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Airport security check uncovers £1m cocaine stash hidden in electric wheelchair

The wheelchair contained 11 packages, weighing 12kg, concealed in the seat and backrest.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

Brothers jailed for raping teenagers in Rotherham

Mark and Robert Evans befriended the girls, one as young as 13, in the South Yorkshire town almost two decades ago.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Are barber shops the latest front for London crime gangs?

Drugs. People trafficking. Terrorism. That £10 haircut might be too good to be true, writes Jacob Phillips

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2025

Former Russian minister ‘shocked’ to learn he was subject to sanctions in UK

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, the former mayor of Sevastopol in illegally annexed Crimea, is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions.

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2025