Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation

(asked on 21st January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has powers to require the SFO to investigate cases of international money laundering.


Answered by
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Ben Wallace
This question was answered on 24th January 2019

The Home Office does not comment on particular cases.

The SFO is independent, it investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases and is superintended by the Attorney General. The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies.

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