‘No one beyond reach’, says head of new crime agency

The head of “Britain’s FBI” has warned the Mr Bigs of the underworld there will be “no one beyond the reach” of the crime-fighting agency on the day it goes live.

With a budget of nearly half-a-billion pounds a year, the National Crime Agency (NCA) will lead the fight against the estimated 37,000 criminals involved in serious and organised crime that hits the UK.

More than 4,000 officers will tackle crime under four commands, organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child exploitation and online protection, alongside a National Cyber Crime Unit.