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Indian-Origin Men, Women Convicted Of Smuggling 42 Million Pounds Out Of UK

London: Sixteen people, including a number of Indian-origin men and women, have been convicted following a major investigation into a west London based organised crime group involved in international money laundering and people smuggling, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday.Members of the criminal network smuggled in excess of GBP 42 million in cash out of the UK, making hundreds of trips to Dubai between 2017 and 2019. NCA investigators believe the money was profit from the sale of banned “Class A” drugs and organised immigration crime.“This has been a long and complex investigation into an organised crime group involved in money laundering on a commercial scale and organised immigration crime,” said NCA senior investigating officer Chris Hill.“Over a two-year period, ...
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Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee’s Relative Summoned In Money Laundering Case

Maneka Gambhir is the sister-in-law of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir was on Saturday evening stopped by the ED at the Kolkata airport from flying abroad and was handed over summons to join investigation in a money laundering case, official sources said.Maneka Gambhir had reached the airport to take a flight to Bangkok departing around 9 PM.The sources said on Sunday that Maneka Gambhir was denied immigration clearance on the basis of a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against her by the federal probe agency.She was stopped by the immigration authorities and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was informed following which they reached the airport, spoke to her and denied her permission to trave...
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Timeline: Jacqueline Fernandez, Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar And The Case

Jacqueline Fernandez admitted to receiving various gifts from Sukesh Chandrashekhar, said the agencyActor Jacqueline Fernandez was aware of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's criminal past and "cooked up a false story" to wriggle out of investigations in a multi-crore money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate has said in its chargesheet accessed by NDTV.The probe agency, which is investigating the money trail in the Rs 200 crore extortion case, named Jacqueline Fernandez as an accused earlier this month.Here's a timeline of the case:Dec 2020-Jan 2021: Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who was in jail since 2018, tried to reach out to Jacqueline through accused Pinky Irani. Though unsuccessful, he got in touch with Shyam Muthatil, hair dresser of Jacqueline.End Jan 2021: Sukesh gets in touch w...