Don't miss our must-read newsletter Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailKingpins are among hundreds of previously “untouchable” gangsters who have been snared after a global encrypted phone network was smashed. The most “significant” investigation into organised crime ever seen in the UK has seen 746 suspects held – some described as “iconic” who have escaped justice for years. Unbeknown to users the NCA and police forces have been monitoring their “every move” since then in an operation, codenamed Venetic. The probe, which has involved every police force in the country, has punched “huge holes” in organised crime, the NCA said. (Image: PA) (Image: PA)“This is the broadest and deepest ever UK operation into serious organised crime.

Source: Daily Mirror July 02, 2020 11:31 UTC