The agency is concerned about the "egregious harms and the growing caseload we are seeing from this threat".

Threat from teenage boys in ‘sadistic’ online groups surges sixfold, National Crime Agency warns - Intelligence shows a rise ...

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

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

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A driver has been charged with immigration offences after a six-year-old child and a woman were found hidden in a lorry.

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 ...

Teenage boys are grooming young girls into sexual abuse, self-harm and even suicide after forming “sadistic and violent online gangs”, the National Crime Agency has warned. The gangs - formed ...

The National Crime Agency says boys as young as 14 are targeted into sextortion over social media platforms like Snapchat and ...

Police Scotland officers arrested a man and four women in connection with a multi-million-pound investment and money ...

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 ...