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Tariq Tahir

Tariq Tahir

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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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UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Iraq's Minister of Interior Abdulameer Al Shimmeri before a meeting in Baghdad. AFP
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UK and Iraq strike deal to tackle people smuggling and organised crime networks

Described as a 'world first', agreement aims to disrupt Iraqi-Kurdish gangs that dominate criminal business

UKNovember 28, 2024
Former British soldier Daniel Khalife convicted of spying for Iran

The 23-year-old, who escaped from jail in London, passed on classified material including the names of special forces soldiers

UKNovember 28, 2024
Protesters confront police outside a Kurdish community centre in London after it was raided by counter-terror officers. Getty Images
Clashes in London after seven arrested over 'PKK activity'

Five men and two women were detained by Met Police officers in London

UKNovember 28, 2024
The port city of Vathy, on Samos island, and its refugee and migrant camp in the background. AP
Children among eight dead in Greece migrant shipwreck

Coastguard say 39 people rescued after boat sank amid strong winds

NewsNovember 25, 2024
People smugglers ran 'three-tier' travel service for Middle East migrants

Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir, who are both Kurdish, used a carwash in Wales as cover for their operation

UKNovember 22, 2024
Suspected members of people smuggling network arrested in dawn raids across London. Photo: NCA
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Egyptians and Algerians arrested over UK smuggling operation

Five have been charged as part of an operation by the Britain's National Crime Agency.

UKNovember 21, 2024
Children play along the corniche in Tripoli. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has 'strongly' advised against visiting the country AFP
UK urged to change 'out of date' travel advice for Libya to boost economy

Former ambassador says the communication is cutting the country off from British businesses

MENANovember 21, 2024
Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
Iran takes steps to halt expansion of enriched uranium stockpile

Conditional offer from Tehran emerges in confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report

MENANovember 19, 2024
Police believe art held by Nazem Ahmad was probably to fund crime or terrorism. Photo: US Treasury Department
Art placed on sanctions enforcement list after works seized from Hezbollah financier

Paintings worth $1.2million were taken from Nazem Ahmad after police said they believed it would have funded crime or terrorism

UKNovember 19, 2024
Nora Achahbar has resigned from the Dutch government. EPA
Minister quits Dutch government over 'racist' reaction to fan attacks

Morocco-born Nora Achahbar resigns after heated cabinet discussion about violence in Amsterdam

EuropeNovember 16, 2024
Horizon Technologies satellite
Satellite will detect people smugglers and migrants from space

The Amber 2 satellite will also help locate sanctions-busting oil smugglers, drugs trafficking and illegal fishing

UKNovember 08, 2024
Operation Liberterra II led to the rescue of 3,222 potential victims of human trafficking and identified 17,793 irregular migrants. Photo: Nicola Vigilanti
Interpol operation to fight human trafficking saves thousands

Arrests across globe as crime-fighting organisation reports rescue of more than 3,000 potential victims

UKNovember 06, 2024
Cybercrime has surged this year, Interpol says. Getty Images
Cybercrime surge sees attack every 39 seconds, says Interpol

Thirty per cent increase in cybercrime in the second quarter of this year alone, with ransomware attacks rising by 70 per cent

USNovember 06, 2024
The Tamil asylum seekers after arriving at Diego Garcia. Photo: Handout
Refugees stuck on Diego Garcia island told they can go to UK

Tamils from Sri Lanka were on their way by boat from India to Canada when they were rescued, sparking three-year legal battle

UKNovember 04, 2024
People board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel in northern France. AFP
UK to take fight against people smugglers to Iraq

Human trafficking from northern France to Britain is now dominated by gangs from Iraqi Kurdistan

UKNovember 04, 2024
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