Press releases

A man has been sentenced after he lied to police that his camper van had been stolen and then took pictures of a hired one to support a fraudulent theft claim worth £22,500.

A woman jailed for running brothels in the City of London and Berkshire has been ordered to repay nearly £300,000 of the profit she made from her wrongdoing.

A man who head-butted a police officer that stopped him from shoplifting has been jailed for 23 weeks.

Two insurance fraudsters were sentenced this week (Wednesday 12 December 2018) after they executed a crash for cash plan, which saw one of them get cut out of a car while the London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police dealt with the incident.

Officers are investigating an incident, which happened after two men gate-crashed a wedding reception, and left the victim with a fractured skull and eye socket. He also had three of his teeth knocked out.

Last week, the City of London Police carried out an important operation in support of Vision Zero. 

Throughout December the City of London Police will be supporting the National Police Chief’s Council’s (NPCC) month-long operation, targeting people who drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) is tackling video games piracy as criminals are selling modded consoles together with hundreds of unauthorised copies of video games.

A man caught with cocaine, a baton, and an imitation handgun, has been sentenced after officers spotted him driving with a faulty brake light.

Working together with Europol, Eurojust and the European Banking Federation (EBF), police forces from over 20 States arrested 168 people (so far) as part of a coordinated money laundering crackdown, the European Money Mule Action (EMMA).