Proceeds of Crime

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals has the National Crime Agency received from the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to potential criminal activity under (a) section 327-9 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.


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Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 25th May 2018

The NCA is the lead agency for the response to serious and organised crime in the UK. As described in the NCA’s 2017 / 2018 Annual Plan, the remit of the NCA is particularly focused on tackling criminality at ‘the high end of high risk’. High-end money laundering has been identified as one of the top six national priorities for agencies tackling serious and organised crime – accordingly it is a key priority for the NCA. A range of other agencies are involved in investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity.

Potential money laundering investigations can be identified and triggered in different ways, such as tips, suspicious activity reports, or referrals from regulatory authorities including the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority; or through parallel investigations into a predicate offence where there are suspected proceeds of crime. The NCA does not routinely comment on specific referrals or the number of investigations underway related to particular offences.

The NCA’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan can be found here: www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018

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