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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Davis

Fugitive Briton accused of laundering £1bn arrested in Spain while walking dogs

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A British woman who has been on the run for nearly nine years amid accusations that she laundered £1 billion as part of a VAT fraud has been arrested while walking her dogs in Spain.

Sarah Panitzke, 47, was held in Catalonia on Sunday and is claimed by Spanish authorities to be the only member of a crime gang who remained free, with 16 people already jailed.

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