CRIME AGENCY TO PROBE UK AZERBAIJANI LAUNDROMAT LINKS
September 1st, 2017
British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate UK companies’ role in a USD2.9 billion Azerbaijan money laundering scandal, unveiled in a September 4 report from the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), based on data leaked to Danish newspaper ‘Berlingske’.
Dubbed the ‘Azerbaijani laundromat’, the scandal saw billions laundered through four UK-registered shell companies Hilux Services LP, Polux Management LP, Metastar Invest LLP and LCM Alliance between 2012 and 2014, using a Tallinn, ...
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