The National Crime Agency has released the 2021 National Strategic Assessment (NSA) of Serious and Organised Crime. The report uses intelligence from across law enforcement, government, the third sector and private industry to set out the UK’s understanding of the threat posed by organised criminals.
The NSA starkly sets out the threat that organised crime poses to the UK. The smuggling and distribution of guns and drugs; the sexual abuse of children; cross border trafficking and smuggling of people; exploitation of individuals; industrial scale frauds; ransomware attacks; and the laundering of dirty money in and through the UK are causing harm to our communities on a significant scale.
