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If you or your business is under investigation for money laundering, or you’re suspicious of a client’s activity, call our expert solicitors right away to find out how we can help. We can advise and direct you through each step of an investigation, and get you the best outcome for you or your organisation.

Being convicted of money laundering can lead to lengthy prison sentences, and even just being investigated can have a negative impact on your or your business. Our expert team can help protect you and give you the strongest possible defence throughout the investigation.

If you run a business, it’s important to get specialist regulatory advice regularly, to make sure your compliance procedures comply with UK regulations. This will make sure your business is protected. If you’re unsure or you’d like advice about complying with UK regulations, our solicitors can help.

If you’re facing criminal charges relating to money laundering, it’s best you get in touch with a specialist money laundering solicitor as soon as possible. We can represent you and prepare your defence from the outset to get you the best outcome possible.

We know you may need us at any time, so we’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on  0808 291 3945.

What Is Money Laundering?

Money laundering is when money made through crime is put through the financial system and made to appear to be clean money from a legitimate source.

Money laundering can be split into two distinct areas:

  • Failure to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 Certain kinds of regulated businesses must put measures in place to help prevent money laundering. Businesses also have to report any suspicious activity in a Suspicious Activity Report to the National Crime Agency (NCA). When a business fails to do this, the NCA can conduct a regulatory enforcement investigation, impose regulatory penalties or prosecute the business. If your business is being investigated by the NCA, we can offer thorough and effective legal representation.
  • Criminal offences related to money laundering
    These include concealing, converting, transferring or removing money that was gained illegally. Money laundering offences can relate to both money gained from your own criminal conduct or someone else’s.

 

Typically there are three stages of money laundering:

  1. Placement – This is when illegally made money (“dirty money”) is disguised by being placed into a legitimate financial system, such as an off-shore account.
  2. Layering – This is when someone creates a complex web of transactions to move dirty money within the financial system, usually via various off-shore accounts. This makes it difficult for authorities to detect as the criminal strategically moves the money around to cover the trail of where the money originally came from.
  3. Integration – The dirty money is then absorbed into the economy through a legitimate transaction to create a plausible explanation for where the money came from. The criminal can now use the dirty money because it appears to have come from a legal source.

How Can We Help?

We can help you if you run a business or if you’re an individual under investigation for money laundering.

If you run a business, we can advise you on whether your business is regulated and what you need to do comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. We can also defend your business in any regulatory or criminal investigation. If the police or regulatory body have accused you of money laundering or inadequate compliance with the 2017 Regulations, we can help.

If you are an individual accused of money laundering, we can defend you in any criminal investigation or prosecution.

Our experienced solicitors can help you through any of these events. We’ll make sure you’re kept informed and well represented throughout your case, giving you greater confidence and control during the investigation.

We’ve been involved in some of the largest money laundering investigations in the UK and we can also advise on cases with an international element. No case is too complex for us, so whatever your circumstances, you should contact our expert team.

We have experience in advising and representing clients through various kinds of money laundering investigations, including:

  • NCA suspicious activity reports
  • Interviews under caution or compulsion
  • Compulsory document or information requests
  • Execution of search warrants in offices and homes
  • Seizure of property, restraint orders, and property and account freezing
  • Criminal charges
  • Prosecution in Magistrates’ or Crown Court
  • Judicial Review.

We understand that you may need us at any time, so we make sure we’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on  0808 291 3945.

Why Choose Us?

As UK money laundering regulations are so broad and complex, you stand a much better chance of a positive outcome if you get advice from a specialist money laundering solicitor. Our expert team can give you clear advice that’s free from jargon and tailored to you and your business, no matter what sector you work in.

Our advice is realistic, cost effective and backed up by years of experience of complex money laundering cases. Working with our experienced solicitors gives you more control. If you’re being prosecuted, investigated, or you’re under threat of an investigation, you’ll want the best legal team defending you.

We understand that funding your case may be an issue if you’ve been affected by money laundering or you’re under investigation. We offer flexibility in our fees to help you get the legal representation you need.

We have offices across the UK, as well as an extensive international network of other law firms we can liaise with, so we’re on hand to help wherever you’re based.

 

If you or your business is facing charges relating to money laundering, or if you’re already under investigation, we could help right away. Give us a call on 0808 271 2602 or get in touch online.

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Many people fund their own cases with us and others fund their cases through insurance policies. You can also use legal aid funding if you’re financially eligible. We can advise you about whether this would be available for you.

We’ll always be clear about the likely costs of your case from the start and we’ll keep you updated throughout your case. We also make sure to keep our costs as low as possible.

In general, the police and regulatory bodies have the power to investigate, gather evidence, and prosecute offences of money laundering. They also prosecute non-compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) usually investigate large-scale and high-value money laundering. However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who regulates the financial services sector, also supervises businesses’ compliance with Money Laundering Regulations 2007. The police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) also investigate money laundering offences.

The police and the regulators can impose financial penalties to punish corporate businesses convicted of failure to prevent money laundering. They can also impose professional disciplinary action on you or your business, such as losing FCA authorisation or suspending you from a certain professional registration.

If you’re convicted of a serious money laundering offence, you could be sentenced to serve time in prison. The maximum prison sentence for someone convicted of money laundering is 14 years.

If you’re under investigation for money laundering or you’re worried about an impending investigation, our specialist money laundering solicitors could get you the best outcome possible. Call us on 0808 271 2602 or get in touch online.

The regulators and police can charge you with criminal offences relating to money laundering, but they can also charge if you failed to put enough measures in place to prevent money laundering.

One way to prevent these charges against your regulated business is by making sure you report any suspicious activity. If you fail to do so, the regulators or the police may impose penalties on your business or you could face criminal prosecution.

We understand that Money Laundering Regulations may be a burden on your business. To help you with this, our expert regulatory team can advise you on how to make sure you comply with these regulations. This is the best way to protect yourself and your business against potential money laundering.

Our Regulatory & Criminal Investigations Team is headed by Jason Newall. Jason has significant experience representing both individuals and businesses accused of criminal and regulatory offences large and small.

In his team, Jason works with Kathryn Pitters, John Davies and Charles Westwood who offer expertise in various sectors and areas of law.

As UK money laundering regulation is so extensive, our solicitors offer expertise in a range of related practice areas, including: real estate, corporate and commercial litigation.

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