More than £11m of dirty money has been seized from criminals in Greater Manchester. GMP’s Economic Crime Unit have successfully recovered £11,242,753 this tax year.
The unit is made up of specialist teams who all target different areas of criminal finances. Last year they recovered a record £13,7m.
Over £5m came from the Account Freezing Order Team (AFO). By conducting civil investigations, the team freeze suspected criminal funds in bank accounts and these are then forfeited at court.
