Glamorous Jo-Emma Larvin was accustomed to the high life. A celebrity former boyfriend, dreams of making it big as an actress and a former career as a glamour model, she lived a lifestyle many would be envious of.
But in a stunning fall from grace, she could soon be sent to prison after being found guilty of acting as a money mule for a crime gang. Convicted alongside her current partner of removing criminal property from the UK, she acted as one of a number of smugglers who hid cash within their luggage on flights from Heathrow to Dubai.
So far 11 couriers have been convicted over the shipments of cash that were vacuum packed and hidden in suitcases. The ring smuggled more than £104m from the UK to Dubai in 83 separate trips between November 2019 and October 2020.
