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  1. Man jailed for 10 years over bid to import cocaine worth up to £5.6m from Mexico to Scotland

    Drugs courier Kristopher Purvis, who tried to smuggle cocaine worth up to £5.6million into Scotland hidden inside two large suitcases, jailed for 10 years.

    News Published: 16 Apr 2025
  2. A man linked to serious organised crime who discussed in encrypted mobile phone messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats has been jailed for seven years.

    John McDuff, who was linked to serious organised crime and discussed messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats, has been jailed.

    News Published: 26 Sept 2024
  3. Inverness man sentenced for catalogue of sexual offending

    An Inverness man who was extradited from America to face charges of rape and assault in Scotland has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

    News Published: 11 Jun 2021
  4. Three men jailed over £25million pound counterfeit cigarettes smuggling operation

    Three men with links to serious organised crime who smuggled counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth millions of pounds into Scotland from Europe are jailed.

    News Published: 22 May 2026
  5. Lord Advocate highlights innovations in prosecution of domestic abuse in Scotland

    The Lord Advocate gave a speech on the introduction of The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 which tackles coercive and controlling behaviour.

    News Published: 13 Jul 2022
  6. Report published on the prosecution of sexual offences in Scotland

    A  review of how sexual offences are handled by Scotland’s independent prosecution service has been published.    

    News Published: 15 Dec 2025
  7. Civil Settlements for bribery and other economic crime offences

    COPFS and CRU are committed to publishing details of civil settlements reached for bribery and other economic crime offences.

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  8. Man who accumulated more than £1million in identity fraud crime jailed for four years.

    Craig Milligan, who stole multiple identities and accumulated more than £1million in false bank accounts, has been imprisoned for four years.

    News Published: 06 Feb 2026
  9. Drug couriers jailed for trying to import cannabis into Scotland from Dubai

    Drug couriers Dubai Jailed Glasgow Airport

    News Published: 25 Sept 2024
  10. Convicted drugs trafficker given Serious Crime Prevention Order

    A drug trafficker who set himself up as counter-surveillance expert to safeguard gangland criminals from law enforcement agencies has had an SCPO imposed.

    News Published: 12 Dec 2024