Not that surprising is it?
As the UK legislative bodies have been gutted over the past decade, courts closed, 21k police removed from the force, parliament full of international law breakers, reduction of international cooperation, a gullible population.. How unusual would you think any criminal who takes a quick look at the UK's dismal state of the rule of law and enforcement to think they can easily get away with anything they do in the UK. Chances are they can buy themselves a lordship with their ill gotten gains. Just bribe the PM.