

20 British citizens among those arrested
Read more about this operationSOCA tackles serious organised crime that harms the UK and our citizens. This includes Class A drugs, people smuggling and human trafficking, major gun crime, fraud, computer crime and money laundering. 
We work to put serious criminals behind bars, and use many other tactics to fight crime and keep you safe. In particular, we want to ensure crime doesn’t pay and that it’s harder to commit.
SOCA welcomes the Government's consultation on the creation of a single national crime fighting body to take the response to serious organised crime to the next level.
This new more powerful body will 'harness and build on the intelligence, analytical and enforcement capabilities of the existing Serious Organised Crime Agency', with the existing powers and staff from SOCA forming its fighting core.