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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

Senior Correspondent Investigations & News
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Tariq Tahir joined The National as a senior reporter covering investigations in May 2023. Previously he has worked as a senior foreign news reporter for The Sun, senior reporter for Metro, senior reporter for the Evening Standard and Political Correspondent for The Press Association. He has also worked freelance for UK national titles including The Times and Telegraph.
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Police raid the home of a suspected member of a people smuggling gang. Photo: Europol
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Children forced to skipper people smuggling boats from Morocco to Spain

Police say criminals who made huge profits from operation have been arrested

EuropeJune 19, 2025
Jennifer Abbott, 69, was found stabbed at her home in London. Her Rolex watch is missing. PA
Film director 'killed in her London home for her Rolex'

Jennifer Abbott's diamond-encrusted watch is missing from her apartment, police say

UKJune 19, 2025
Clockwise from top left: Amor Ghabbari, Abed Karrouz, Azize Benaniba, Mohamed Bouriche, Mohamed Abdelhadi and Mahmoud Haidous have been convicted. Photo: National Crime Agency
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Algerian gang leaders face jail after cramming migrants into lorries to France

Among those smuggled out from the UK for France was a family travelling with six-year-old boy

UKJune 18, 2025
Residents gather at the site of a Russian strike on Kyiv. Reuters
Russia kills 15 in one of the 'most horrific attacks' of Ukraine war

Zelenskyy urges world against turning 'blind eye' to aggression amid Israel-Iran conflict

EuropeJune 17, 2025
Kurdish gangsters Rawa Majid,left, and Ismail Abdo have been accused of working for Iran. Photo: Swedish Police
How Iran's 'hybrid attack' network could strike Israelis in Europe

Tehran has been recruiting criminals to strike Israeli and Jewish targets

EuropeJune 14, 2025
A mobile phone is snatched from a victim on a London street. Photo: Metropolitan Police
1,000 stolen mobile phones seized at Heathrow as police target Algerian market

Police have tracked many devices stolen in London to Algeria

UKJune 12, 2025
Migrants at a detention centre in Libya. Reuters
US plan to deport migrants to Libya 'will put them in extreme danger'

Influx of migrants would also destabilise fragile nation, report says

NewsJune 04, 2025
Shah Salim Sajjadi and Safiollah Mohammadi piloted a migrant boat in which a woman and child died. Photo: NCA
Two Afghans jailed over migrant boat crossing that killed woman and child

Favourable weather has led to an increase in smuggling of people across English Channel, figures show

UKJune 03, 2025
Court artist sketch of Paul Doyle appearing at Liverpool Magistrates' Court. PA Wire
Liverpool victory parade accused appears in court

Paul Doyle, 53, has been charged with seven offences relating to the incident that left 79 people injured

UKMay 30, 2025
British Attorney General Richard Hermer has said the UK will honour and sustain international law. Getty Images
UK abandons 'pick-and-mix' approach to international law

Chief legal adviser says following the rules is in Britain's interest

UKMay 29, 2025
Olympic triathlon gold medallist Jonny Brownlee competing in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Supertri
Triathlon set for $65m boost as events organiser looks to expand in Middle East

Supertri's events in the region feature Olympic gold medal winners such as Jonny Brownlee

SportMay 29, 2025
A windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen. Getty Images
UK losing skills to deliver net zero as energy workers head to Dubai

Report finds two thirds of UK energy companies plan increase in staff levels overseas

UKMay 28, 2025
Police and emergency personnel help a casualty in Liverpool after a car hit pedestrians at the Premier League winners' parade. PA
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Liverpool's shared adversity helps city 'stand together' after victory parade crash

Compassion, care and solidarity evident on Monday night as people rallied to help after driver ploughs into crowd

UKMay 28, 2025
Ahmed Ebid and an image of a boat found on a phone he used. Photo: NCA
Egyptian who ran $16m people-smuggling operation from London jailed for 25 years

Ahmed Ebid was involved in crossings that carried 3,800 migrants from North Africa to Italy

EuropeMay 20, 2025
Ambulances outside the NMC Speciality Hospital in Dubai. The business collapsed under the weight of $4 billion in debt in 2020. Bloomberg
Auditor sued for $2.6 billion in damages by UAE hospital operator

London court hears call for damages after 'disgraced' auditing efforts over seven years allowed 'massive fraud'

UKMay 19, 2025
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