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Unexplained wealth orders

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  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
    Money laundering
    Kazakh family defeats NCA over ‘Billionaires Row’ unexplained wealth order 

    High Court rules that evidence concerning £80m London properties is ‘unreliable’

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    Banker’s wife loses appeal over unexplained wealth orders

    Golf club owner must account for spending, including £16.3m at Harrods over a decade

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Banker’s wife hits back on unexplained wealth orders

    Appeal judges told £11.5m London house deal has ‘hallmarks of money laundering’

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    National Crime Agency
    Pakistan family gives up £190m in ‘dirty money’ probe

    Crime agency’s frozen assets order includes £50m London property

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    Extradition of Azeri banker’s wife blocked by UK court

    Zamira Hajiyeva spent £16.3m in Harrods and is the subject of UK’s first unexplained wealth order

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    UK wealth order targets suspected paramilitary link

    Northern Irish woman ordered to explain how she financed £3.2m of property purchases

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Banker’s wife faces extradition over fraud claims

    Zamira Hajiyeva is subject to UK’s first unexplained wealth order

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2019
    London properties worth £80m targeted in ‘dirty money’ probe

    National Crime Agency obtains second set of unexplained wealth orders

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2019
    Lavish spending revealed after unexplained wealth order

    Documents itemise Azeri banker’s wife £16.3m Harrods bill

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  • Monday, 14 January, 2019
    National Crime Agency
    £1m Cartier ring seized amid probe into Azeri banker’s wife
  • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
    Prime property
    NCA focuses on Knightsbridge’s unexplained wealth

    London area is at the sharp end of new rules that compel housebuyers to explain their source of funds

  • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
    Target of UK’s first unexplained wealth order granted bail
  • Tuesday, 6 November, 2018
    Target of UK’s first unexplained wealth order fights extradition

    Banker’s wife, who spent £16m in Harrods, is accused of conspiracy to defraud Azeri bank

  • Friday, 2 November, 2018
    Jewels linked to unexplained wealth order seized

    Investigators descend on Christie’s to detain property of Zamira Hajiyeva

  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
    Azeri bank chair’s wife named as target of unexplained wealth order

    UK legal proceedings reveal luxury lifestyle that included private jet use

  • Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
    Bribery and corruption
    Crime Agency wins test case for anti-corruption powers

    Mystery banker’s wife loses appeal to overturn unexplained wealth order

  • Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
    May says ‘dirty money’ crackdown threat is working

    Unexplained wealth orders prompt wealthy Russians to change behaviour

  • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
    Crime agency steps up assault on Russian dirty money

    NCA to extend use of unexplained wealth orders and target lawyers and accountants

  • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
    Banker’s wife challenges UK unexplained wealth order

    She spent £150,000 on jewellery in Harrods in a single day, court hears

  • Monday, 30 April, 2018
    The dirty business of money laundering

    Calls grow for the UK to shake off its reputation as a haven for suspect cash as tensions with Russia rise

  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2018
    Asian politician targeted in UK dirty money clampdown

    Crime agency secures first ‘unexplained wealth order’ on two London properties

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