Hostile States Using Criminal Gangs as Proxies in the UK, Warns National Crime Agency

An armed soldier and an armed police officer patrol the streets in London on May 24, 2017. Carl Court/Getty Images

Hostile states are using organised crime gangs to carry out illegal activity in the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.

In a speech outlining the agency’s annual assessment of crime threats to Britain, NCA Director-General Graeme Biggar highlighted “the emerging links between serious and organised crime and hostile states.”