UK takes down multibillion-dollar Russian crypto laundering network Banking The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has smashed a multibillion-dollar Russian money laundering scheme which operated in Britain and had ties to the Kremlin. Investigators said on Wednesday that uncovering the Russian-speaking network, run out of London, Moscow and Dubai, marked the NCAs biggest money laundering case for a decade. The investigation was given the [...]
Serious Fraud Office ‘should be replaced with a new body’, say IEA Legal The UK anti-fraud agency should be replaced with a new body dedicated to combating economic crime, says a new paper by think tank IEA
Wife of ‘McMafia banker’ agrees to forfeit golf club and Knightsbridge mansion Banking The wife of convicted fraudster Jahangir Hajiyev has agreed to forfeit a mansion in Knightsbridge worth approximately £14m and a a golf club in Ascot, following a lengthy investigation by the National Crime Agency.
Gucci box of cash and diamond Rolex watches seized as London crime group with ‘tentacles’ everywhere dismantled July 16, 2024 Further probing into the group's activities led to identifying other gang members, now under separate police investigations.
Election 2024: Dirty money ‘won’t create growth’, Labour candidate warns June 27, 2024 Dirty money is “not going to create growth in this country”, a former anti-corruption campaigner-turned-Labour candidate has said.