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A husband and wife from Bolton who trafficked women to the UK to be employed as sex workers were jailed for 13 years today.
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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.
Today (Wednesday 20 November) at Mold Crown Court, seven men were sentenced as part of Operation Falcon, a comprehensive NWROCU investigation into a multimillion-pound drug conspiracy. This operation uncovered the importation of over two tonnes of Class A drugs into the UK.
Today (Friday, October 4), three men were sentenced to prison for their role in a series of fraud that cost four victims thousands of pounds in pension savings.
Nine members of a Merseyside based organised crime group, ‘the Coggins OCG’, have been jailed for more than 155 years for blackmail and Class A drug supply.
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Seven men from Merseyside have been jailed for a combined 91 years for their involvement in a wide-scale plot to supply cocaine across the country.
Five members of an organised crime group from Lithuania responsible for the industrial-scale production and supply of cannabis have been sentenced to a combined total of 17 years and 9 months in prison.
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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Another member of a crime group in Manchester has been jailed today (Tuesday 17 September) at Carlisle Crown Court for drug supply offences.
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This morning (Friday 6 September), five men have been charged with drug offences following warrants and arrests across Cheshire yesterday morning (Thursday 5 September) as part of an investigation into Class A and B drug supply.