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Drugs ring jailed for almost 50 years following sting
Our officers have helped bring down an international drugs ring which was caught with up to £1 million worth of cocaine. The haul was discovered as part of a West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) led investigation into drugs trading across the UK, eastern...
Cyber Security in Education
Join us, the West Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre and IASME for this free session intended for any member of school staff that have access or use any form of IT, including teachers, suppliers and administrative staff. The topics covered in this session will be...
Cyber Security For Small Businesses Webinar
Cyber Security For Small Businesses Webinar 10:00 - 11:00AM, 24 SEPT 2021 VIRTUAL EVENT The RCCU, West Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre and Superfast IT are collaborating in a joint hosted webinar, designed for small and medium sized business. Attendees to the...
New figures reveal victims lost over £63m to investment fraud scams on social media
Figures released by the City of London Police show criminals continue to use popular social media apps to advertise investment scams and contact potential victims. Over £63m was lost nationally by victims of investment fraud who referred to a social media platform in...
Two cocaine dealers who were brought down after coded chats were cracked have been jailed for over 17yrs
Two “cocaine wholesalers” who supplied up to £700,000 of high quality cocaine in just a few weeks have been jailed after their encrypted drug deal chats were cracked by police. Kieran Melody and Josh Boore thought their conversations through EncroChat – a phone...
Police CyberAlarm
ROCUWM has today announced that every business and organisation in the region can now get access to a free tool called Police CyberAlarm, designed to help them understand and monitor the threats they face from malicious cyber activity. Funded by Government, Police...