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  1. COPFS committed to tackling Hate Crime

    The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, reaffirms COPFS’s robust approach to tackling hate crime following the publication of new figures on the issue.

    News Published: 11 Jun 2021
  2. Hate Crime in Scotland, 2021-22

    A report on Hate Crime in Scotland 2021-22. This brings together figures on crime motivated by prejudice.

    News Published: 14 Jun 2022
  3. Mock trial to raise awareness of race hate crime

    COPFS prosecutors staged a mock trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court to highlight racially aggravated hate crime. 

    News Published: 30 Aug 2022
  4. COPFS Committed to Tackling Hate Crime

    The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, has renewed the commitment of COPFS to tackle hate crime robustly, following the publication of new figures.

    News Published: 14 Jun 2022
  5. Extradited gangland leader jailed for orchestrating South American drug smuggling operation ordered to repay £125,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.

    A serious crime group leader who orchestrated the importation of drugs from South America to Scotland ordered to repay £125,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws

    News Published: 24 Feb 2025
  6. Former Scotland youth player Paul MacDonald jailed for drug-trafficking offences

    A former Scotland youth footballer who turned to serious organised crime has been jailed for seven years for running a massive drugs-trafficking operation. 

    News Published: 07 Nov 2023
  7. Solicitor General for Scotland is committed to tackling coercive and controlling behaviour

    The Solicitor General for Scotland has vowed to continue tackling the serious and damaging crime of coercive control in domestic abuse cases.

    News Published: 11 Sept 2024
  8. Crime gang member jailed over South American drugs supply operation

    Crime gang member Tony Bennett jailed for three years and nine months over his involvement in a multi-million pound South American drugs-trafficking operation.

    News Published: 05 Sept 2023
  9. Yorkshire rapist jailed for sexual assaults and abuse in Scotland

    Yorkshire rapist jailed for sexual assaults and abuse in Scotland

    News Published: 17 Apr 2025
  10. Man ordered to repay thousands of pounds under proceeds of crime laws

    Andrew Early, convicted of concealing a haul of unaccounted-for money in a van, has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds under proceeds of crime laws.

    News Published: 20 Jun 2024