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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kalyeena Makortoff and Rob Davies

UK’s economic crime plan ‘smoke and mirrors’ without new funding

Suella Braverman arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street on March 28, 2023
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has released Economic Crime Plan 2. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The government’s three-year economic crime plan will amount to “smoke and mirrors” if it does not receive adequate funding, according to MPs and experts who have accused ministers of failing to provide enough investment.

The new strategy – launched by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, on Thursday after a nine-month delay – sets out what the public and private sectors should do to crack down on kleptocrats, money laundering, sanctions busting and fraud.

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