Neil is a Partner in our Business Crime & Investigations team. He has a great deal of experience advising individual and corporate clients concerned with investigations by law enforcement and regulatory authorities, both domestic and overseas. He is a regular speaker on corruption, fraud and corporate criminal liability.
There is a significant amount of informal exchange business – Money or Value Transfer Services (MVTS) – which is unregulated. The large size and openness of the UAE’s financial sector, the high numbers of foreign nationals resident there, and the consequent range of currencies in use, make it an attractive place to integrate dirty money into the financial system.
Tara Hanlon flew regularly to Dubai and described it as a “perfect life”. Then she got caught at Heathrow with £1.9m in vacuum-packed bags.