Indian-origin men, women convicted in UK money laundering case

Sixteen people, including Indian-origin men and women, have been convicted following an investigation into a west London-based organized crime group involved in international money laundering and people-trafficking. The National Crime Agency (NCA) gave this information on Tuesday. Members of the criminal group made several trips to Dubai between 2017 and 2019 and moved significant cash out of the UK as part of money laundering. NCA investigators believe the money was derived from the sale of banned “Category A” drugs and organized immigration crime.

“A detailed investigation into an organized crime group involved in commercial scale money laundering and organized immigration crime was carried out,” said NCA Senior Investigating Officer Chris Hill. He said this case demonstrated the NCA’s commitment to protecting the public and Criminal networks involved in both people smuggling and money laundering have been targeted.

In the first trial, Charan Singh, Waljit Singh, Jasbir Singh Kapoor, Jasbir Singh Dhall were found guilty of concealment of criminal proceeds and money laundering, while Swinder Singh Dhall was convicted of conspiracy to remove criminal property and violation of immigration laws, he said. pleaded guilty. Diljan Singh Malhotra was found guilty of conspiracy to violate immigration laws. He said that in the second trial, Amarjit Albadis, Jaginder Kapoor, Jacqueer Kapoor, Manmon Singh Kapoor, Pinky Kapoor and Jasbir Singh Malhotra were convicted.

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