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UK’s NCA to freeze 95 students’ bank accounts amid money laundering suspicions

UK's NCA to freeze 95 students' bank accounts amid money laundering suspicions 1
By Olaalpha

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UK's NCA to freeze 95 students' bank accounts amid money laundering suspicions 2

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and other UK law enforcement bodies have applied to courts around the country in a co-ordinated operation to freeze 95 accounts containing an estimated £3.6m of suspicious funds. The accounts are held mainly by Chinese students at UK universities, who appear to have been targeted by organised crime groups to launder the proceeds of crime.

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