#national-crime-agency

#national-crime-agency

Initial reviews have identified that in some cases where there has been a decision to take no further action (NFA), there were available lines of inquiry that could have been pursued. We've seen in those cases what appears to be potentially human error. We've seen in some cases that those investigations haven't followed what we would characterise as proper investigative practice, actually that would have contributed to the NFA decision. That includes, for example, lines of inquiry being identified but not being followed, victim accounts not being taken in a way that we would recognise as best practice, and suspects not being pursued or interviewed in the ways that we would anticipate.

A "bike bait" unit should be set up in the National Crime Agency to catch bicycle thieves, the Liberal Democrats have said. The party has argued that the dedicated team could work with local police forces to place bikes, fitted with trackers, in theft hotspots enabling officers to trace thieves and gather evidence about wider criminal networks. It has cited Home Office data showing that across England and Wales 86% of bike thefts went unsolved between March 2024 and March 2025.

Both Flowers and Jubair were arrested at their homes at around lunchtime, in quick succession, on September 16, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said, which worked to secure charges against the pair on Wednesday, alongside City of London Police. From there, they were held in different custody blocks and interviewed, including questioning related to offences separate from the TfL attack.

Paul Chowles was convicted for stealing Bitcoin seized from Thomas White, involved in Silk Road 2.0. Chowles took 50 Bitcoin and concealed its origin.

The arrests of two men aged 19, a third aged 17 and a 20-year-old woman were made at their home addresses in London, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands, with support from West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (Rocu) and the East Midlands Special Operations Unit.

The high street shop fronts are seen as connecting various domestic problems in Britain, as illegal cigarette sales are tied to serious organized crime and undermine public trust in authorities.