The public are being urged to follow online safety advice as evidence emerges that criminals are exploiting the Coronavirus online. Experts from the National Cyber Security Centre have revealed a range of attacks being perpetrated online as cyber criminals seek to exploit COVID-19. Techniques seen since the start of the year include bogus emails...
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) and forces in the region have conducted a series of operations as part of the biggest UK law enforcement operation targeting serious and organised crime. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has been working in partnership with every Regional Organised Crime Unit and police force both in...
Six members of an international organised immigration crime group have been ordered to pay back over £326,000 after a financial investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Following their conviction for organised immigration crime offences, the organised crime group were the subject of confiscation investigations by SEROCU, with hearings in November...
Four people have been arrested as part of an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) into an attempt to smuggle migrants into the UK via boat. As part of an operation, which also involved National Crime Agency, Border Force and the French authorities, two British men and one Albanian national...
Following an investigation by police officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), a Southampton man has been sentenced for child sex offences. Adam Piggott, aged 31, of Mansfield Park Street, Southampton, was convicted and sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on Friday (19/6). Piggott was arrested on 7 November 2019 at Shirley...
A man who fled the country while under investigation for supplying cocaine and counterfeit medication has been jailed. Luke Kelly, 35, of no fixed abode, was jailed for 9 years 3 months yesterday (28/5) after admitting to supplying cocaine and counterfeit Diazepam, following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU)....
The final member of a drugs gang has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment today (28/5) following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). Benjamin Kirby, aged 30, of Sutton Field in Whitehill, Hampshire, had previously been found guilty of Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs (cocaine), following a trial...
The leader of a people smuggling gang bringing illegal migrants into the UK on a dinghy has been jailed following his extradition. Vladimir Bardoshi 36, from Albania, was the third member of the group to be convicted after he was handed a nine-year prison sentence at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday (19/5). A South...
A specialist policing unit has issued cyber security advice aimed at businesses, after a man from Surrey was sentenced for his involvement in setting up a website that allowed customers to anonymously attack other websites. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) has issued the guidance following the conviction of 20-year-old Joseph Connolly,...
A specialist police unit tackling child abuse and exploitation across the south east has helped safeguard 181 at-risk children in the last 12 months. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) manages the threat of child sexual exploitation and cybercrime – among other crime – across the region and works closely alongside police...