Case History
Case History
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London
Conspiracy to commit Fraud – International boiler room fraud involving the charting of banking transactions travelling through 14 different countries in what was a multinational Ponzi scheme of monumental complexity. Over 30 different companies were said to have been set up in an effort to disguise the transactions
Money Laundering – Multimillion-pound money laundering operation using dozens of stolen high-performance sports cars fronted as a legitimate executive lease hire business. The profits of the ‘legitimate’ company were then filtered back in the banking system as legitimate earnings
Conspiracy to Commit Fraud – Large scale deception that involved deceiving investors in to believing they were buying shares in a precious gems trading company
Conspiracy to Commit Investment Fraud – Large scale investment fraud where millions of pounds were reported lost by investors who believed their money was safe in established escrow accounts
Conspiracy to Launder Money – Large scale drug conspiracy that not only involved millions of pounds of controlled drugs, but the complex issue of how to establish such huge amounts of money from the sale of drugs, as legitimate money in the banking system
Conspiracy to Commit Credit Fraud & Money Laundering – Lengthy police operation into credit fraud on a commercial basis. Police uncover a commercial hub that had dozens of machines creating cloned credit cards that investigations show went on to be used to steal millions of pounds. Multiple cash counting machines were also uncovered such was the amount of money being stolen
Murder – A murder for hire involving multiple defendants. A long-standing debt established the creation of a hit team put together to murder the target and his family
VAT Revenue Fraud – Huge counterfeit goods operation involving millions of pounds of imported and homemade imitation products
Corruption in Public Office – One of the biggest police investigations into corruption in the security services. The investigation lasted 6 years
Conspiracy to Supply Cocaine and Heroin – 18-month police operation in to a highly organised and sophisticated group said to be importing and distributing huge amounts of class A drugs from Eastern Europe throughout east London
Conspiracy to Launder Money – Lengthy trial of a group said to have masterminded the ‘cleansing’ of large quantities of illegal cash in through the banking system, all done whole they are in jail serving life in prison
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Conspiracy to commit Fraud – International boiler room fraud involving the charting of banking transactions travelling through 14 different countries in what was a multinational Ponzi scheme of monumental complexity. Over 30 different companies were said to have been set up in an effort to disguise the transactions
Money Laundering – Multimillion-pound money laundering operation using dozens of stolen high-performance sports cars fronted as a legitimate executive lease hire business. The profits of the ‘legitimate’ company were then filtered back in the banking system as legitimate earnings
Conspiracy to Commit Fraud – Large scale deception that involved deceiving investors in to believing they were buying shares in a precious gems trading company
Conspiracy to Commit Investment Fraud – Large scale investment fraud where millions of pounds were reported lost by investors who believed their money was safe in established escrow accounts
Conspiracy to Launder Money – Large scale drug conspiracy that not only involved millions of pounds of controlled drugs, but the complex issue of how to establish such huge amounts of money from the sale of drugs, as legitimate money in the banking system
Conspiracy to Commit Credit Fraud & Money Laundering – Lengthy police operation into credit fraud on a commercial basis. Police uncover a commercial hub that had dozens of machines creating cloned credit cards that investigations show went on to be used to steal millions of pounds. Multiple cash counting machines were also uncovered such was the amount of money being stolen
Murder – A murder for hire involving multiple defendants. A long-standing debt established the creation of a hit team put together to murder the target and his family
VAT Revenue Fraud – Huge counterfeit goods operation involving millions of pounds of imported and homemade imitation products
Corruption in Public Office – One of the biggest police investigations into corruption in the security services. The investigation lasted 6 years
Conspiracy to Supply Cocaine and Heroin – 18-month police operation in to a highly organised and sophisticated group said to be importing and distributing huge amounts of class A drugs from Eastern Europe throughout east London
Conspiracy to Launder Money – Lengthy trial of a group said to have masterminded the ‘cleansing’ of large quantities of illegal cash in through the banking system, all done whole they are in jail serving life in prison
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Liverpool
Conspiracy to Commit VAT Fraud – Multimillion-pound investigation by HMR&C into a carousel fraud involving the import/export of motor cars to and from Ireland. The profits were then distributed through banks all over the UK
Conspiracy to Defraud – Highly complex £80 million-pound property and land fraud involving Her Majesties Land Revenue
Murder – Multi handed murder trial of a juvenile shot to death regarding a disagreement over the sale of a motor car
Conspiracy to Supply Machine Guns – 17 defendant trial of group of males seeking to arm themselves with the latest fully automatic weapons for a gang war
Murder – Battered wife syndrome defence. Female violently abused for years kills her boyfriend in response
Conspiracy to Import Controlled Drugs – National Crime Agency investigation into the importation of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and the planned importation of 4 tons of cocaine
Conspiracy to Possess AK47’s and Plant Bombs – Major investigation into North West rival gangs seeking to eliminate each other through the use of deadly force. The ferocity of the conflict involved AK47 Kalashnikov army assault rifles and the use of military grade hand grenades. The evidence in the case was such, it involved over 1 million pages of prosecution evidence
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs and Firearms – A conspiracy that involved drug mules criss crossing the UK supplying not only kilogram amounts of class A drugs, but also firearms to those drug dealers
Conspiracy to Supply Firearms – Multi handed trial lasting over 4 months. This case involved the discharge of Uzi submachine guns in broad daylight as well as one gun described as the most used criminally acquired firearm on the UK mainland
Murder – Multi handed murder trial involving a mob setting out armed with weapons to extract revenge in response to a low level theft
Conspiracy to Cause Explosions - 2-year combined investigation into a high skilled group using explosives to steals money from banks
Conspiracy to Import Cocaine – National Crime Agency investigation into the importation of over 600 kilograms of Cocaine
Conspiracy to Rob Banks – a 6-year investigation by the police into the robbery of over 17 banks
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Manchester
Conspiracy to Murder – Multi handed trial of a significant group of males said to have been involved in a gun battle were several people were shot, including a mother and her young son
Conspiracy to Supply Controlled Drugs – 20 defendant trial involving a group of Eastern European males and females who the police claimed had taken over a significant control of the Manchester trade
Conspiracy to Manufacture Amphetamine – National Crime Agency investigation in the manufacture of near pure Amphetamine. In such a rare case, the quality of the drugs produced in the labs in Manchester, were so in demand due to its exceptional quality, that nearly all of the Amphetamine produced was exported outside of the UK
Murder – A Manchester gang war erupted resulting in multiple shootings and several murders. This particular offence was so sensitive to the public, the case had to be transferred away from Manchester to another Crown Court in the UK so as to avoid potential jury bias and infiltration
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Preston
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin – Investigation tracking a large gang across 3 counties moving commercial amounts of Cocaine
Conspiracy to Produce Cannabis – Police uncover an operation in to commercial level growth of cannabis spread all over the North West of England. The annual yield was claimed to be in the millions of pounds
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Bolton
Murder – 7 defendant trial of a group of males and females said to have murdered a male over the loss of only £200.00
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Chester
Murder – The murder of a lone female where the motive was said to be entirely unknown or unexplained
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Stafford
Murder – 6 handed murder trial involving rival gangs from Eastern Europe
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Conspiracy to Evade VAT – 12 defendant trial into the importation of goods with a sophisticated plan of how-to evade paying nearly £11 million in VAT, that involved extremely complex banking and property transactions through countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand
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Durham
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin – Multi agency investigation into the movement of large quantities of heroin from the North West and into the North East
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Leeds
Conspiracy to Launder Money – 25 defendant case involving the seeking to put millions of pounds of criminal money back into circulation passing it off as legitimate earnings . The police investigation team travelled extensively through the Balkans in an attempt to gather evidence
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Sheffield
Conspiracy to Supply Controlled Drugs – Complex police investigation intended to bring down one of the oldest and well-established criminal gangs in Sheffield
Conspiracy to Murder – Multi handed trial of several males said to have planned the murder of a local criminal king pin
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Nottingham
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin – More than 20 defendants were brought to trial over a conspiracy to flood the Nottinghamshire area with high strength Heroin thus taking over the market from other rival dealers
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Herefordshire
Conspiracy to Commit Mortgage and Insurance Fraud - 8-year investigation in to large scale insurance and mortgage frauds
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Bristol
Conspiracy to Launder Criminal Property - A plot to distribute large sums of cash to banks over the United Kingdom in the hope that by spreading it so far and wide, the enormous figures involved would not be detected
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Cardiff
Conspiracy to Supply Machine Guns - Long investigation by South Wales Serious Crime Unit into the transfer of Uzi sub machines guns from Cardiff up to West Yorkshire
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Swansea
Conspiracy to Supply Class A & Class B Drugs - 15-month police operation involving co-operation from the National Crime Agency, South Wales Serious Crime Unit, Avon & Somerset Major Crimes Unit, Merseyside Serious Organised Crime Unit and multiple units of the Scottish police divisions
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Exeter
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs - Lengthy operation into gangs from the North West of England distributing large amounts of class A drugs into the South West of England
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Birmingham
Money Laundering - The disguising of £2 million of criminal money said to have come from the highest echelons of criminal activity
Conspiracy to Supply Class A Drugs - Complex investigation in to rival groups of well-established criminal networks operating between London, Coventry and Birmingham
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Leicester
Murder - Murder for hire. A group of 4 males are hired to execute a male said to have been involved in an earlier violent attack in the towns city centre
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Coventry
Murder - Multi handed trial of males said to have killed during a robbery in broad daylight
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Southampton
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin - 18-month multi agency investigation in to a Manchester gang said to have taken control of the drug trade in Southampton and the surrounding areas
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Brighton
Conspiracy to Commit Murder - A plan by groups from the surrounding areas to kill the person they believed controlled the local drugs trade
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Canterbury
Conspiracy to Import Heroin - Ingenious plot to import large amounts of high purity heroin into the UK using pre-fabrication as a method of disguise
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Chelmsford
Conspiracy to Commit Robberies with Firearms - A high level investigation into a group of males said to have been responsible for multiple robberies were guns were used and discharged. The same gang are said to have been involved in several attempted murders were the victims were shot
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Norwich
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin - Complex investigation by the police into gangs travelling across England to Norfolk to distribute large amounts of high purity heroin. This is all said to have been masterminded by one person in prison while serving over 20 years for violence
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Luton
Conspiracy to Supply Heroin - Complex investigation by the police into gangs travelling across England to Norfolk to distribute large amounts of high purity heroin. This is all said to have been masterminded by one person in prison while serving over 20 years for violence
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