UK law enforcement agencies have dismantled an entire organised crime groups after busting an encrypted messaging service.

'Unparalleled victory' as law enforcement bust encrypted messages

Kashaf Ali Khan told police he had paid for his £413,000 luxury home by winning the Pakistan lottery more than 100 times.

Money launderer claimed he'd bought his home by winning lottery 123 times

More than £310,000 in cash was seized during the week-long operation involving 20 police forces.

Shelley Abbott of the NCA says the term indecent images "does not encapsulate what we are looking at".

It’s not often, as a reporter, that you are told to look away from your subject, and you do as you’re told.

An annual assessment by the National Crime Agency has exposed the ‘staggering’ scale of organised crime

The National Crime Agency is set to launch its annual national strategic assessment.

There are around 4,600 serious and organised crime groups in the UK, according to the National Crime Agency.

Victims are encouraged to live stream sex acts, which are then recorded and used for blackmailing purposes by overseas gangs. 

Jamie Acourt was detained on a European Arrest Warrant and will now face an extradition hearing.

An Oxfam worker who was sacked over sexual misconduct allegations in Haiti was later re-hired by the charity in Ethiopia.

More than 350 officers have taken part in raids aiming to a smash a gang accused of smuggling hundreds of migrants into the UK.

In just one week in October, nearly 200 suspected paedophiles were arrested in a UK-wide operation.

A Royal Marine reservist is facing a "considerable" jail sentence after admitting firearms offences.

The serving reservist is charged with offences including possession of a shortened shotgun and seven HE grenades.