Gang leaders who force vulnerable people to hide drugs and cash in their bodies could face up to 10 years in prison under a ...

A new criminal offence of ‘coerced internal concealment’ is to be introduced as an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to crack down on gang leaders who force people to hide items inside their ...

More than 2,100 safeguarding referrals for children and vulnerable people have also been made, it added. “Children forced to ...

Vulnerable youngsters enticed with vape pens after being recruited on social media apps such as Snapchat and TikTok ...

Following the sentencing Detective Sergeant Alexander Reeves said: “It was clear during our investigation that the Mitch ...

But the police are determined to tackle the gangs behind the childhood exploitation. Having disrupted multiple county lines, DS Peall issued a warning to drugs gangs plotting to get a foothold in ...

Police with sniffer dogs and knife arches swarmed an east London train station in the war on county lines drug gangs using the rail network. Criminals exploit children as young as nine to courier ...

A ruthless County Lines gang member who used vulnerable teenagers to transport drugs into Blackpool has been jailed for 10 ...

Two Mobile County men have become the first to be indicted under Alabama’s anti-gang law, but law enforcement authorities said there are nearly two dozen more suspects.