28-02-2018 17:54 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Prosecutors investigate owners of two luxury British properties

British prosecutors are using new powers to crack down on illicit cash laundered through the country's luxury real estate, launching investigations into the owners of two properties worth around 22 million pounds.The National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday it had secured the country's first unexplained wealth orders (UWO) to examine one property in London and another in southeast England, worth more than 11 million pounds each, and believed to be owned by overseas politicians, officials or
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