The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday that eight people had been arrested as part of a probe into an international network of men drugging and sexually abusing women they know.
The NCA, which looks into international crime, said it had uncovered a global network of predominantly men suspected of offences, known as organised drug-facilitated sexual assault, after a 2025 tip-off by German journalists about a platform used to facilitate them.
The crime agency found "a truly international network with group members identified in dozens of countries spanning every continent," said NCA deputy director Nigel Leary.
As a result of the NCA probe into the online platform, which was not named, eight people in the UK have been arrested. There are a total of 14 separate investigations ongoing in the UK and abroad.
The NCA said it had identified over 270 individuals linked to the forum and its offshoots.
