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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 12
ENCROCHAT: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh pretended to be a 'grass' over gun stash in bid for lighter sentence
The son of one of the UK's top criminals is to walk free from prison after admitting his role in an audacious plot to get his dad a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 16
ENCROCHAT D-DAY: European Court of Human Rights to deliver judgement on two British users' appeals today
Two EncroChat defendants will today hear if their appeals to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), against how the UK obtained the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 9
An alleged key Kinahan cartel member has been extradited to the UK to face EncroChat firearms charges
An alleged member of the international Kinahan Cartel has been extradited to the UK to face firearms charges, the National Crime Agency...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 26
Disgraced cop who took coke with students during Lamborghini bender will still be organised crime trial prosecution witness
A MET Police officer who avoided a jail sentence, after he hospitalised a sergeant when he tried to arrest him after a drug-fuelled...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 9
ENCROCHAT HACK: When Huyton Firm top dog Vincent Coggins pleaded guilty to drugs conspiracy and blackmail ahead of trial
FOLLOWING the conviction of Edward Jarvis today Essex News and Investigations can report on when Vincent Coggins earlier went guilty...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 8
EXCLUSIVE: How Huyton Firm man Edward Jarvis pleaded with Judge for 'fair' EncroChat trial amid claims of disclosure delays and after losing legal team in case that dragged on for years
AN EncroChat defendant who was facing charges of conspiracy to supply drugs and blackmail had to plead with a judge to allow him a fair...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 8
EXCLUSIVE: 'Armed officers spoke to EncroChat judge in chambers' during Vincent Coggins prosecution - court said 'police arranged extra security'
ARMED police reportedly spoke with the crown court judge dealing with the EncroChat prosecution of Vincent Coggin and other Huyten crew...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 21
OPERATION EMBOSSED: Men who fought so hard to have EncroChat evidence thrown out WERE major drug suppliers and have now been jailed
THREE men who fought for years to have EnroChat evidence dismissed as inadmissable eventually admitted they were top-tier organised...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 14
EXCLUSIVE: NCA officers 'set WhatsApp messages to autodelete after prosecution disclosures were made in Sub Zero EncroChat case' - more details from Nikki Holland misconduct case
A TOP National Crime Agency (NCA) director was dismissed for using a personal email account to send "sensitive" and "secret" material...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 23, 2023
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION: Three Brits held after 1.2tonnes of cocaine found on boat in the Atlantic
THREE British nationals were arrested as part of an international operation against drug trafficking across the Atlantic, after 1.2...
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