Money Laundering Cases - QEB Hollis Whiteman

David Spens KC and Nadesh Karu secure complete and only acquittal in multi-handed, multimillion money laundering and sex trafficking case.

David Spens KC and Nadesh Karu represented Mr X, the second Defendant, who along with a number of others was accused of conspiring to traffic women for sexual exploitation and control prostitution for gain. It was alleged that the organised...

Chinese gang jailed for 25 years after laundering £55 million for international organised crime groups

Benn Maguire and Tom Orpin-Massey prosecuted the Met Police's Operation Campine at Snaresbrook Crown Court, which saw a gang of seven Chinese nationals convicted of money laundering offences relating to their operation of a unregistered “Chinese...

SFO Tetris Bluu Bribery Trial Concludes with not guilty verdicts

After fifteen weeks, the trial of three executives from the corporate fit-out industry charged with bribery and money-laundering by the SFO, has come to an end. The SFO case centred on the payment of hundreds of thousands of pounds of fees in...

Successful prosecution in case of cheating the public revenue

Rex v Berkshire Education Travel Ltd and David Park Polly Dyer prosecuted the company Berkshire Education Travel Ltd, and the company's director, David Park, with both defendants being convicted by a jury of cheating the public revenue...

Adrian Darbishire QC acts on behalf of Abdulla Alfalasi who was sentenced yesterday at Isleworth Crown Court.

On 28th July, 2022, Abdulla Alfalasi, alleged to be a principal in one of the UK's largest money laundering operations, was sentenced for nine years and seven months. The NCA estimated that £104 million in cash was removed from the UK to...

William Boyce QC represents MOL Group who were awarded $235 million in damages in ICSID Arbitration

5 th of July 2022, Washington DC The Republic of Croatia has lost an international arbitration case launched by MOL, the Hungarian national oil and gas company over Zagreb's failure to adhere to obligations under an agreement concerning the gas...

R v MR (21.05.20)

In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost...

R v K(2018-2020)

Kerry Broome defended John Knight, the CEO of a now-defunct multi-million pound printing company, on charges of cheating the public revenue of in excess of £2 million. There was a significant and complex LPP dimension which arose out of the...

R v V and others (2019)

Successful submission of no case to answer in modern slavery case.

R v Koort & Others (2016)

Tom Baker led Polly Dyer in a £30m money-laundering prosecution at the Central Criminal Court. Three defendants were convicted. Sentences imposed ranged from 11 years' imprisonment to 4 years' imprisonment. The investigation was a joint NCA and...

R v Joseph Ashman & Others (2016)

Prosecution of organised criminal and members of his immediate family for multiple complex money-laundering offences over a seven year period, arising from drug-related offending.

R v K & Others (2013)

International drugs and money laundering conspiracy.