NCA launches the National Strategic Assessment of SOC 2026, warning that tech-driven, interconnected crime is rising rapidly and calling for a National Police Service to tackle it with intelligence and coordinated action

The assessment provides an authoritative intelligence picture of threats including fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, drug trafficking and organised immigration crime, highlighting how criminals increasingly exploit digital technologies, financial systems and international supply chains to operate at scale. It also emphasises that these threats are interconnected and increasingly enabled by professional facilitators and online platforms, requiring coordinated action across law enforcement, government and the private sector to disrupt criminal networks and protect the UK public…