I got told about it by someone a couple of days ago but that's the first time I've seen it in print. Well we know where a few million came from don't we, which would be easy for the NCA to track down but seriously it really does make me think all kinds of things especially because of the reason why 'Unexplained wealth orders' were initially brought in in the first place and the fact they've gone after him an who's an English national I believe.
The first time the law were used, was when they went after the wife of that dodgy jailed Azerbaijani banker Jahangir Hajiyev, she spent £16 million at Harrods, including £600,000 in one day and owns property worth 22 million. The NCA haven't used the law that much from what I can make out but it's still early days. He's in good company though, a Northern Irish women is being looked at for 3.2 million pounds, one down in London worth 80 million in property and one up North for 10 million. Ateotd if they can use this power and law to make dodgy rich people explain where large chunks of money have suddenly have appeared, I'm all for it, as long as it's done properly and fairly, Criminals have been getting away with it for far too long, making millions from say drugs, then before we know it buying a mansion, when they've no real way of showing where the cash came from and don't have the job to put them there.
I talked to someone about the law last year and they were a bit undecided how it will be implemented, especially concerning foreigners and how they explain their money, it may not be straight forward and then to make a proper connection to organised crime is going to no easy task. But we live in a world where just about everything legit leaves a paper trail, so shouldn't be impossible.
