SCM Law acted for the Defendant S who stood trial for murder in 2016. In June 2015, a 999 call was made to South Wales Police from concerned relatives who were unable to locate the deceased. Police officers attended at the home address of the deceased and were confronted by her son S who was…
Operation Orange Gobi: Conspiracy to supply large quantities of cocaine / Possession of sawn-off shotgun
Operation Orange Gobi was an investigation conducted by South Wales Police Organised Crime Unit and force intelligence in 2015 and 2016. The investigation focused on suspected criminal activities of an Organised Crime Group (OCG) that were based in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The OCG were engaged in facilitating the transfer, storage and supply of large quantities…
Operation Blue Capri: Serious sexual offending against children and a life sentence
In 2016 SCM Law were instructed to act for a client serving a life sentence following his prior conviction for offences of a serious sexual nature again children. Operation Blue Capri focused on new allegations brought to the attention of South Wales Police as a result of our client having created a manuscript detailing his…
Operation Violet Panama: Industrial production of class B drug Cannabis
Operation Violet Panama was set up by South Wales Police in 2017 to tackle a group of Vietnamese nationals who were renting a large number of domestic premises in order to produce cannabis on an industrial scale. Commercial premises were also being used for the storage of hydroponic equipment that would be necessary to produce…
Operation Harlech: Encrochat case conspiring to supply class A drugs
In May 2021 Operation Harlech was the very first “encrochat” case that concluded in Wales. The operation formed a part of the wide reaching “Operation Venetic” which has been described by the National Crime Agency as the “UK’s biggest ever law enforcement operation”. The operation involved 746 arrests, the seizure of over two tonnes of…
Operation Dino and Operation Dino II: Multimillion pound fraud
SCM Law represented multiple defendants prosecuted during both of the “Dino” operations. The original Operation Dino case, which concluded in 2015, saw 81 people prosecuted for their role in the multimillion-pound frauds. The offending centred around the use of vehicles in staged accidents so that fictitious or exaggerated car insurance and personal injury claims were…
Operation Blue Magnet: Conspiring to supply class A drugs
SCM Law represented three of the seven Defendants facing allegations of conspiring to supply cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine between October 2015 and May 2016. The prosecution case was that the Defendants operated a professional and well-run Organised Crime Group (OCG) within South Wales. The case against the Defendants centred on allegations that substantial amounts…