Dubai, Amsterdam and the Costa del Sol: Where the most wanted were captured Joe Thomas
The past year saw a number of overseas arrests as detectives worked with colleagues across the world to track down fugitives linked to investigations connected to the region.
Dramatic swoops saw suspects detained in a host of settings - from being pulled from a Dutch taxi to being taken from resorts on the Costa del Sol.
Many have since been extradited back to the UK - or are in the process of being returned.
This is an overview of some of those arrests carried out on behalf of local detectives.
Police at the scene after the shooting A MAN from Widnes has been charged in connection with a shooting which left a man with life-changing injuries. The 55-year-old victim was shot in the leg outside an address on Poplars Avenue in Warrington on the evening of Friday, April 24. Several gunshots were fired outside the house at around 8.45pm on the night in question, with armed police rushing to the scene. Fifty-one-year-old Alan Tobin, of Regency Park, has now been charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent in connection with the shooting. He appeared at Crewe Magistrates Court on Friday, December 18, alongside 40-year-old John Tobin, of Liverpool, who has been charged with participating in the activities of an organised crime group.
Liverpool men appear in court over brutal street shooting
Four men - three from Liverpool - have been charged in connection with an attack that left a man with life changing injuries
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Police Scientific Support Officers in the garden of a house on Poplars Avenue. (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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Police on Poplars Avenue after the shooting back in April TWO more men have been charged in connection with a shooting which left a man with life-changing injuries. The 55-year-old victim was shot in the leg outside an address on Poplars Avenue in Orford on the evening of Friday, April 24. Several gunshots were fired outside the house at around 8.45pm on the night in question, with armed police rushing to the scene. Fifty-one-year-old Alan Tobin, of Widnes, has now been charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent in connection with the shooting. Forty-year-old John Tobin, of Liverpool, has been charged with participating in the activities of an organised crime group.
Fugitive collared in Amsterdam taxi after warrant over gruesome shooting
Jamie Rothwell was arrested days after Cheshire Police secured an European Arrest Warrant for him
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Jamie Rothwell, 34 and from Salford, was arrested in Amsterdam on behalf of the NCA and Cheshire Police. He is the subject of allegations linked to a shooting in Warrington. Image: NCA (Image: Liverpool ECHO)
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