Andy Jones

Crime

Ordinary People Are Smuggling Millions for Drug Dealers

Tara Hanlon flew regularly to Dubai and described it as a “perfect life”. Then she got caught at Heathrow with £1.9m in vacuum-packed bags.
Andy Jones
12.6.22
scams

Pups 4 Sale: Inside the Biggest Scam of 2020

In June alone, British consumers spent over £325,000 on puppies that didn't even exist.
Andy Jones
12.7.20
Tech

Hospitals Have Become 'Prime Targets' for Crippling Ransomware Attacks

Multiple hospitals have already been extorted in cyber-attacks. Experts warn that their defence strategy could actually make the situation worse.
Andy Jones
10.7.20
Culture

Reality TV Influencers Are Posting 'Totally Unacceptable' Ads for Betting Tips

Stars from British reality shows "Love Island" and "Geordie Shore" have been accused of encouraging gambling among their young followers.
Andy Jones
7.23.20
modern slavery

The UK's Modern Slavery Gangs Have Found New Ways to Exploit Their Victims

Under lockdown, trafficked people usually forced to work in brothels and nail salons are being moved further from the public eye.
Andy Jones
6.26.20
sex and relationships

Pandemic Porn Is Still Being Made During Lockdown – Here's How

Renowned erotic indie filmmaker Erika Lust is releasing a new porno, shot during quarantine. We spoke to the people involved to find out how that was even possible.
Andy Jones
5.20.20
Crime

How the Mysterious 'Ghost' Behind Hundreds of Brothels Was Finally Caught

Police knew one man was operating almost 500 criminal enterprises. All they had to catch him was a photograph and 100 fake IDs.
Andy Jones
12.20.19
migration

The Horrific Ways People Smugglers Are Trafficking Migrants

Following the discovery of 39 Vietnamese people dead in the back of a lorry in Essex, we spoke to lorry drivers about the tactics traffickers are now using.
Andy Jones
11.5.19
prison

Inmates Reveal the Worst Things They've Seen in Britain's Understaffed Prisons

Disabled inmates beaten up, faeces "left in the corridor for days", rampant spice use and torture-killers left to roam prison wings.
Andy Jones
10.15.19
housing

Exclusive: The Housing Associations Building Luxury Flats Over Social Homes

Many of the country's swanky, aspirational new apartments are built by charities that are supposed to provide housing for the less well off.
Andy Jones
8.20.19
Sex

I Tried a Few of Those New Viagra Subscriptions to See If They Work

Like Netflix or Amazon Prime, men can now subscribe to online services offering performance enhancing medication. But are they any good?
Andy Jones
6.7.19
croydon cat killer

These Investigators Believe the Croydon Cat Killer Is Still Out There

Boudicca Rising and Tony Jenkins, who led the civilian investigation, don't agree with the Met's conclusion that a fox was to blame.
Andy Jones
10.3.18
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