Hundreds of new officers to hunt down dirty money networks

Hundreds of new officers will be recruited to track dirty money, disrupt organised crime networks and seize criminal assets under a major new crackdown. New officers will be deployed across police forces, the NCA and the CPS to follow the money behind serious and organised crime, including through Russian and other international money laundering networks. The new investigators will focus on going after the kingpins behind Britain’s dirty money trade. By blocking and seizing their money, we will cut off the cash that fuels organised crime, from drug trafficking and people smuggling to the sham businesses that blight our high streets. Backed by £500 million of investment over three years from the economic crime l