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Partnership strikes following concerns of illegal vapes and cigarettes being sold at Newcastle shops.
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Woman arrested as co-ordinated strike day takes place investigating child sex offences and sextortion.
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Today (25 November) marks the launch of Eyes Open, a campaign to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation and county lines. Eyes Open educates young people, their parents and carers, about the dangers of grooming, exploitation, and the deceptive tactics used by county lines gangs.
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Between January and March 2020, 61-year-old Stephen Biles had been communicating online and over the phone with an adult, and discussed meeting in order to arrange for Biles to abuse the other adult’s niece at hotel.
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Today, Tuesday 24 September, a former teacher from Southport was jailed for online child sex offences after a thorough investigation by detectives from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, assisted by officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit and Merseyside Police.
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Kevin Rowland, 44, is now behind bars after being sentenced by a Judge following a complex police operation by officers from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU) and Northumbria Police.
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Organised crime groups are using youth vape addiction to lure children into county lines drug operations, a detective has told The Northern Echo.
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A man has been sentenced following a joint investigation by Cleveland Police and the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU).
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The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit can confirm that a 39 year old man was charged yesterday (Monday 27 May) with online child sex offences, reported to have taken place between August 2019 and May 2023.
A man from Huyton has been jailed for six years for child sex offences.