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NCA’s chief backs HMICFRS findings and pledges tougher, smarter action to dismantle organised immigration crime networks

July 15, 2025

The NCA Director General’s response to the HMICFRS thematic report acknowledges the scale and complexity of organised immigration crime and affirms the Agency’s commitment to addressing its recommendations. The NCA will strengthen intelligence capabilities, enhance international partnerships, and target criminal networks more effectively through a coordinated, multi-agency approach.

The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s report 2024–25 reveals a surge in modern slavery, calling for urgent reforms and joint action to protect victims and disrupt criminal networks

May 22, 2025

The report stresses on the pressing need to refresh and strengthen the UK’s strategy against modern slavery, emphasizing improved coordination across government, law enforcement, and support services. It draws attention to the growing complexity of exploitation cases, which often intersect with financial crime through money laundering, illicit…

Home Office launches a new taskforce uniting UK enforcement agencies to tackle smuggling and trafficking gangs, enhance intelligence sharing, and dismantle border security threats

May 15, 2025

This new approach will ensure all police forces work alongside the National Crime Agency, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force to treat this crime type as a priority. The taskforce will coordinate national police efforts, address key recommendations from HMICFRS, and enhance collaboration with agencies like the National Crime Agency and Border Force to disrupt people-smuggling networks…

NCA call on the financial services sector to act on human trafficking in latest edition of SARs in Action

January 26, 2025

In addition to human trafficking, the final 2024 issue covers: illicit fund laundering, a Hydroponics Cell Alert, and the participation of UKFIU and NECC in the 2024 Global Financial Institutions Partnership Summit in Canada.

UK and Germany agree new action to combat organised immigration crime, making it clear that facilitating migrant smuggling from Germany to the UK as a criminal offence

December 10, 2024

Germany confirmed its intention to clarify their law to strengthen the ability of law enforcement to tackle people smuggling gangs – by making it a criminal offence to facilitate the smuggling of migrants to the UK and giving German prosecutors more tools to tackle the supply and storage of dangerous small boats equipment. This will ensure the UK and Germany can counter the continually evolving tactics of people smuggling gangs…

NCA announces conviction of car wash bosses for their roles in people smuggling organisation through Europe

November 22, 2024

Two men who ran a people smuggling ring from Caerphilly. Money was lodged with Hawala bankers based in Iraq and Istanbul who would arrange and obtain funds from migrants travelling on particular routes.

G7 countries agree new plan to dismantle migrant smuggling networks aiming to strengthen border security, combat transnational organised crime, and safeguard vulnerable individuals from exploitation

October 21, 2024

Other measures announced in the plan include: sharing best practice, including disrupting supply chains that facilitate people-smuggling, such as small boat parts, seizing the illegal financial assets of criminals, and improving cooperation across global transport routes working with social media platforms and internet providers to remove harmful content that promotes illegal migration services or advertises fake job opportunities strengthening capabilities to monitor and anticipate irregular migration flows at both global and regional levels

NCA announces second arrest in its investigation into an organised crime network suspected of organising cross-Channel small boat crossings

July 13, 2024

The 25-year-old Iraqi national is suspected of being involved in planning the movement of migrants across Europe and into northern France, with their end destination being the UK.

Home Office updates the modern slavery statement registry to encourage UK companies to help the Govt’s efforts to tackle this crime

May 11, 2024

The changes will encourage businesses to upload their annual modern slavery statements in a timely way and support them to publish robust statements. Modern slavery statements help reduce the risk of forced labour being used in UK supply chains by increasing transparency and allowing consumers to make informed choices…

Home Office releases statistics on potential modern slavery victims referred into the National Referral Mechanism

May 11, 2024

The key results include: 4,524 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office from Jan to Mar 2024, representing a 9% increase compared to the period from Oct to Dec 2023 (4,134) and a 5% decrease compared to the period from January to March 2023 (4,738) 73% (3,291) of potential victims were male and 27% (1,226) were female since the NRM began…

How slavery and human trafficking are growing issues in the UK and Internationally

December 3, 2023

Over the past 10 years, recruitment of victims has exploited social media’s availability, offering opportunity for traffickers to tempt and trick individuals into exploitative situations, significantly intertwining with various crimes…

Home Office issues Modern Slavery statement 2021 to 2022

September 18, 2023

The statement covers the progress ministerial government departments have made on implementing the ambitious goals set out in the modern slavery statement. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the Home Office’s dedication to continuously improving its efforts in eradicating modern slavery.

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