Monday, July 13, 2015

Vladimir Platov — Billions of Dollars Laundered Through United Kingdom Banks

The UK National Crime Agency recently stated that “hundreds of billions of US dollars” are laundered through banks in the United Kingdom every year. London holds first place among world capitals with regard to the volume of drug trade and money laundering. Describing the global international drug trade network, Roberto Saviano, an Italian investigative journalist and author of Gomorrah, a book on the Neapolitan mafia, said a few days ago of the international drug trade that “Mexico is its heart and London is its head”. He also reminded readers of the British bank HSBC’s £1.2 billion fine for money laundering for a Mexican drug cartel in 2012.…
New Eastern Outlook
Billions of Dollars Laundered Through United Kingdom Banks
Vladimir Platov

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