LAWYERS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO ENSURE CONVEYANCING IS NOT TAINTED BY DIRTY MONEY

How much dirty money can get into global property markets as a result of crooked or incompetent lawyers? While legal professions representative bodies say the problem is not widespread and lawyers take their conveyancing responsibilities seriously, the court record suggests there are rotten apples. Recent cases in England include that of Caprice Cheneele Lindo (an administrator at legal firms and not a qualified solicitor), who was jailed this April for three years and six months after pleading guilty to money laundering and fraud after smuggling GBP719,744 in ...


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