Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to investigate whether any Kyrgyz assets connected with the Bakiyev family have been invested in the UK; and if not, why not.
Money laundering investigations are conducted by law enforcement agencies with access to the powers in the Proceeds of Crime Act, such as the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office, and the police. All of these law enforcement agencies are operationally independent of the Government.