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  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Martin Bentham

    Fugitive Alexander Surin and part of his supercar collectionLamborghinis and other luxury cars bought with the proceeds of crime are being driven abroad to be sold, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned ministers. The agency said a gap in the law meant police officers could not intervene to seize the vehicles unless there was direct evidence to link them to a crime.

  • 1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Martin Bentham |Charles Hymas

    Lamborghinis and other luxury cars bought with the proceeds of crime are being driven abroad to be sold, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned ministers. The agency said a gap in the law meant police officers could not intervene to seize the vehicles unless there was direct evidence to link them to a crime. It said the loophole meant criminals were being left free to launder their illicit gains by selling the cars and using the proceeds to either fund further crime or their lifestyles.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Martin Bentham |Charles Hymas

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  • 2 months ago | yahoo.com | Martin Bentham

    Britain’s “FBI” has warned the Sentencing Council that its guidelines are letting off money launderers too lightly. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has told the council that its guidelines mean too many convicted money launderers are receiving jail sentences of less than five years, which does not reflect the harm caused by their criminal behaviour.

  • 2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Martin Bentham |Charles Hymas

    It also wants the council to encourage greater use of expert witnesses to ensure that the complexities of modern money-laundering methods and the roles of individual offenders within networks are fully understood by judges. The NCA's concerns about the Sentencing Council's approach emerged during research for a forthcoming report by the campaign group Spotlight of Corruption into the effectiveness of the Government's asset recovery efforts.

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Martin Bentham
Martin Bentham @martinbentham
28 Apr 25

RT @charleshymas: Lamborghinis and other luxury cars bought with the proceeds of crime are being driven abroad to be sold, @NCA_UK has warn…

Martin Bentham
Martin Bentham @martinbentham
3 Apr 25

RT @charleshymas: Britain’s “FBI” has warned the Sentencing Council that its guidelines are letting off money launderers too lightly @NCA_U…

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