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  1. Woman jailed for children’s charity embezzlement ordered to pay back thousands of pounds under Proceeds of Crime Laws

    A woman jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from a children’s charity and a family-run coffee firm has been ordered to repay more than £36,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.

    29 May 2025 Cases
  2. Former foster carer jailed for cruel and unnatural treatment of children

    A former foster carer who subjected four children to a catalogue of abuse over the course of a decade has been jailed.

    28 May 2025 Cases
  3. Two men jailed over £600,000 Transatlantic drug smuggling plot

    Two drug traffickers who tried to smuggle cannabis with a street value of almost £600,000 into Scotland on a flight from Canada have been jailed for a total of five years and six months.

    28 May 2025 Cases
  4. Prison officer sentenced for indecent communication and possessing child abuse images

    A prison officer who believed he was sending sexual messages to a child on a social media messaging app has been sentenced.  

    21 May 2025 Cases
  5. Paisley man made child abuse images using Artificial Intelligence app

    A telecoms worker from Paisley has been sentenced for creating and storing AI-generated images of child sex abuse.

    19 May 2025 Cases
  6. Woman jailed for embezzlement ordered to pay back almost £670,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws

    A woman who embezzled £1.5million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been ordered to repay almost £670,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.

    16 May 2025 Cases
  7. Drugs traffickers jailed for nine years over cocaine and cannabis supply network

    Two men who set up a drugs trafficking network worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been imprisoned for a total of nine years.

    15 May 2025 Cases
  8. Man who raped vulnerable girl jailed after extradition to Scotland

    A man who was extradited from Germany to stand trial after raping a vulnerable teenage girl has been jailed for eight years.

    12 May 2025 Cases
  9. Employee who embezzled £1million from local authority ordered to pay back funds under Proceeds of Crime laws

    A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been ordered to repay more than £165,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.

    12 May 2025 Cases
  10. Lord Advocate welcomes new protocol for work-related deaths

    The Lord Advocate has welcomed a new agreement which will improve how agencies work together in the investigation of work-related deaths in Scotland.

    09 May 2025 Statements