Man pleads guilty to £2m cryptocurrency theft 

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 targeting criminal kingpins once more, after arresting 3,000 and seizing £100 million in drugs

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...

Hospital worker jailed for child sexual offence – Sussex 

A hospital employee has been sentenced to three years and two months’ imprisonment after being convicted of a child sexual offence.  Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Robin Hains, of St Mary’s Close, Lavant, Chichester, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court today (13/1).  He pleaded guilty...

Man sentenced for a child sexual offence – Hampshire

A man has been sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment for arranging to commit a child sexual offence against an 11-year-old girl.  Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Gordon Welch, of Sheffield Road, Portsmouth, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on Monday (28/11). Welch...

Three arrested on suspicion of drugs offences

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in supplying Class B drugs and conspiracy to convey drugs into prison. The arrests have been made as part of an investigation led by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Multi Agency Response to SOC team. A 53-year-old woman...