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Graeme Biggar

The screw is turning on Russian kleptocrats and their corrupt accomplices

A Russian businessman has been arrested by the National Crime Agency

(Picture: NCA)

Late last week, at a sprawling, multi-million pound property in London, National Crime Agency officers arrested a wealthy Russian businessman who we suspect of offences including conspiracy to commit perjury, fraud and money laundering.

Even for our officers, who work daily to tackle the highest risk and most complex crime threats facing the UK, arresting this profile of suspect isn’t an everyday event.

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