Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has powers to require the SFO to investigate cases of international money laundering.
The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.
The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.