A series of warrants have been executed throughout February at locations across the UK as officers took part in work to combat fraud and money laundering in the South East of England. Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), have carried out six warrants and two additional arrest attempts in coordination...
A man has been sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court today (3 March 2023), following an investigation by Surrey Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. On...
A man has been jailed for child sex offences following a joint investigation by police in Hampshire and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). In August 2022, 57-year-old Robert Pell struck up a conversation with a person online who he believed to be a 14-year-old boy, and agreed to meet up with...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) are appealing for information from the public on the whereabouts of a man wanted in connection with fraud and money laundering offences. David Farrah-Tunnicliffe, aged 50, is wanted on a bench warrant to appear in court charged with four counts of money laundering, four...
A woman has been sentenced after smuggling a phone into a prison while she was working there as an officer. Larissa Westcott, of Vicus Way, Maidenhead, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday (26/1). She was given an eight month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and must complete 30 rehabilitation sessions, with 17...
A man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after admitting stealing £2 million worth of cryptocurrency from victims around the world. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Wybo Wiersma, of Het Weike, Goredijk, the Netherlands, was sentenced today (27/1) at Oxford Crown Court. Yesterday the 40-year-old pleaded...
A man has been convicted of stealing more than £2 million of cryptocurrency in a theft which resulted in people losing their businesses and their inheritances. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Wybo Wiersma, of Het Weike, Goredijk, the Netherlands, pleaded guilty to theft today (26/1) on the...
Specialist police teams dedicated to tackling organised crime across the country made more than 3,000 arrests and seized class A drugs worth over £100 million last year, as they continued to target the UK’s most serious criminals. Throughout 2022, the nine Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) in England and Wales pursued those behind organised...
Two men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a large quantity of cannabis. Specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit arrested a 41-year-old and a 37-year-old at addresses in Slough and Westminster on Thursday (12/1). The 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to import a controlled...
A man has been sentenced to prison following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) , after he attempted to arrange and pay for sexual services with a child. Sohaib Aslam, of Ditton Park Road, Slough, was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court on Friday (13/1). The 50-year-old was...