Terrorism in the United Kingdom

The Daily Mail reports on a joint operation conducted by British and Bulgarian authorities aimed at combating human trafficking across the English Channel. This collaboration resulted in the seizure of 125 inflatable boats, 128 engines, over 700 pumps, and 300 rubber rings, totaling 33 seizures of goods.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection command within the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) organised in Bucharest this week a capability development workshop on investigating child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), according to the British Embassy in Romania.

Two men were arrested early on Jan.20 over a car bomb attack in Northern Ireland's Londonderry and police were looking into whether the New IRA militant group was responsible, officers said.

British police foiled four extreme right-wing terror plots in 2017, according to the country’s chief counter-terrorism officer, warning of a “significant” threat.

Criminal Albanian gangs ready to resort to “serious violence” have “considerable control” over the drug trafficking market in the UK, a National Crime Agency (NCA) report has revealed.

The gangs, which use London as their primary hub but are established across the whole of the UK, have been found to have a particular influence on the cocaine market.

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Violent Albanian criminal groups have "considerable control" over drug trafficking in Great Britain.

At the same time, Serbians and Turks "dominate high volume maritime cocaine logistics."

An incendiary device exploded outside the Athens offices of software giant Microsoft early on Monday.

Police said the device was made from two cooking gas canisters. The blast, which was not immediately claimed, caused damage to the building?s entrance. Nobody was injured.

UK to assist Macedonia in fighting organised crime

British experts will train Macedonian police and inspectors in the fight against organised crime.

The British National Crime Agency will assist Macedonian police in dealing with organised crime and terrorism threats. [NCA]

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic on the second day of his visit to Great Britain visited the National Crime Agency (NCA) and signed a memorandum of cooperation with NCA Director General Keith Bristow on the fight against organized crime, illegal migration and human trafficking.