National Crime Agency officers have warned registered Hawaladars in the UK of the consequences of being involved in organised immigration crime. Hawala is a type of informal value transfer system that operates on a basis of transfer of value without actual movement of money. Hawaladar systems serve entirely legitimate purposes, but are known to be exploited by criminals looking to move criminal cash, including from people smuggling. Visits to 44 businesses across the UK were delivered by the NCA

Five people have been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into migrant smuggling from the UK to France in lorries. NCA officers descended on properties across London on the morning of 20 November to arrest the men, aged 43 to 54, who are all thought to be Algerian and Egyptian nationals. One of those arrested is suspected of being high-ranking member of the people smuggling crime network. The other four are accused of transporting migrants in cars