"Sadistic and violent" online gangs of mostly teenage boys are committing crimes, including child abuse and extremism, the ...

A total of 28 UK police forces have been provided with intelligence about users of the child sexual abuse website ...

Violent online groups are recruiting teenagers in Britain, according to the National Crime Agency, which warned that young ...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) raised the groups as a key threat in its annual National Strategic Assessment, published on Tuesday. The groups are loose online networks that share extreme graphic ...

Harrowing crimes have increased six-fold between 2022 and 2024, and include child abuse and the sharing of extreme material ...

The threat from teenage boys drawn into “sadistic” online networks has surged with reports up sixfold in two years, the National Crime Agency has warned. Teenagers are being drawn into online ...

Chinese offenders are linked to cyber, drugs, fraud, modern slavery and human trafficking crimes, while other nations, ...

The investigation has been launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and its officers have overseen dozens of raids across the country over the past month, according to The Sunday Times.

The National Crime Agency has warned of the threats posed by online networks of teenage boys involved in disturbing crimes. Members are mainly teenage boys who are driven by a desire for status ...