People losing life-changing sums to scams during home sales, campaign warns Payment diversion fraud during property sales involves criminals intercepting and redirecting legitimate funds. Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
Covid inquiry hears of ‘grievous harm’ suffered by children behind closed doors The latest module of the inquiry will also examine the impact of learning moving online in lockdowns. Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025
Santander uses AI tool to help bust human trafficking gangs The high street lender has generated hundreds of alerts to pass on to the National Crime Agency to investigate further over the past year. Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2025
Arrest Made Over Heathrow Cyberattack — Was Any Passenger Data Stolen? UK police arrested a man over the Heathrow cyberattack that caused flight chaos, with investigators probing if passenger data was compromised. International Business Times UK · Sep 25, 2025
UK Police Arrest Man After European Airports Cyberattack UK police said Wednesday a man in his 40s had been arrested after a cyberattack disrupted major European airports including Brussels, Berlin and London's Heathrow. International Business Times · Sep 24, 2025
UK arrest over cyber-attack that hit Heathrow and European airports Man in West Sussex was held as part of investigation into last weekend’s incident affecting Collins Aerospace The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025
Man arrested over cyber attack that caused Heathrow airport flight chaos Alleged cyber attack saw check-in and boarding systems disrupted at London Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Arrest made over ‘cyber attack’ that caused disruption at Heathrow The alleged attack on Collins Aerospace saw check-in and boarding systems at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin affected. Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025
Alarming 'Child-on-Child' Sexual Abuse Now Accounts for Majority of Offending Cases, UK Police Warns UK police warn most child sexual abuse cases now involve offenders aged 10–17, with online risks, violent porn and weak safeguards driving the rise. International Business Times UK · Sep 24, 2025
London teenager orchestrated 'help desk' extortion scheme against 47 U.S. companies that netted $115 million says DOJ A 19-year old is facing a maximum 95 years in prison for allegedly calling company help desks and convincing employees to reset passwords in a massive scheme. Fortune · Sep 20, 2025
Two teenagers charged over cyber hack on Transport for London Two teenagers charged in connection with Transport for London hack that disrupted operations and exposed customer information. TechRadar · Sep 20, 2025
Former professional footballer jailed over £400,000 money laundering handover Ex Celtic, Hearts and Hibernian forward James Keatings, 33, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half months in prison The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
Former professional footballer jailed for 13 months for cash laundering bid James Keatings was part of the Hibernian FC side that won the Scottish Cup in 2016. Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Two teenagers charged over cyber-attack on Transport for London Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, appear in court in connection with alleged hack that cost TfL £39m The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025 Two teenagers appear in court charged over TfL cyber attack last year Thalha Jubair, 19, from east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, were both arrested on Tuesday
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025 Two teenagers in court charged over TfL cyber attack Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, are due in court on Thursday.
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025 Teenagers charged with TfL cyber attack costing London millions of pounds The two teenagers – named as Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands – were appearing on Thursday afternoon at Westminster magistrates’ court
The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025 Man who tried to smuggle £1m of cocaine inside wheelchair is jailed Casimiro De Lemos Francisco, who is not disabled, travelled through Manchester Airport in the drugs-laden wheelchair earlier this year
Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025 'Disabled' man caught smuggling cocaine into UK hidden inside electric wheelchair Casimiro De Lemos Francisco posed as disabled in the drug smuggling plot
TechRadar · Sep 9, 2025 UK policing watchdog finds National Crime Agency heavily reliant on weak legacy systems An independent audit reveals unfit for purpose tech in the NCA.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Two men jailed for conspiring to smuggle 10 Vietnamese nationals to the UK Eoin Nolan, 53 and Daniel Loughran, 36, were convicted of conspiring to facilitate the illegal entry of foreign nationals into the UK in February.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Man who groomed and raped two teenage girls in Rotherham jailed for 19 years Obaidullah Omari, 46, from Sheffield, targeted the vulnerable girls, who were aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse.
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025 Man found guilty of grooming and raping two teenage girls in Rotherham Obaidullah Omari, 46, from Sheffield, targeted the vulnerable girls, who were aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse.
Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025 ‘Radical’ reforms on asylum laws announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner
Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025 Ministers committed to ECHR, No 10 says, ahead of border reforms announcement Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will unveil reforms to the border security and asylum system on Monday.