Kent is at the heart of a major crackdown on organised immigration crime, following a recent spike in arrests of HGV drivers at local ports. The National Crime Agency (NCA)…
More than £300,000 has been seized from a criminal gang after investigators used powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The cash was confiscated from four members of the same…
Library image A woman has died after a dinghy carrying migrants deflated about 10 miles off the coast of Dover today, 9 September 2025. Kent Police said the woman was…
A man suspected of being part of a people-smuggling network operating between the UK and France has been arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in Ashford. The 42-year-old Iraqi…
Nine individuals have been sentenced to a combined 64 years in prison in France for their roles in a small boat crossing that resulted in at least four deaths and…
A Kent taxi driver involved in a people smuggling operation has been ordered to hand over almost £100,000 in illicit gains or face further imprisonment. The man, from Chatham, transported…
A sophisticated London-based people smuggling gang, responsible for cramming migrants into refrigerated lorries for perilous journeys from the UK to France, has been dismantled by the National Crime Agency (NCA).…
Two men have been jailed for piloting a boat across the Channel to the UK from France, after an incident which saw woman and child die in France. Two Afghan…
Three people smugglers who made several failed attempts to transport migrants across the Channel have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation. The NCA reported that their officers observed…
Kent Police officers joined a commemorative ceremony on Sunday, October 6th, to honour the over two-century-long service of Gurkha soldiers to the British Army. The event was held at the…
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