LONDON – Britain’s National Crime Agency has arrested a Pakistani’politically exposed person’ in England.
The arrest was made in connection with alleged money laundering in the UK.
Money laundering was believed to be made after a result of corruption inPakistan.
A press release from the NCA’s International Corruption Unit said it hadarrested the man, in his 40s, and his wife, aged in her 30s in aninvestigation supported by Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB)and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
The couple, who were arrested in Surrey, control a UK property portfolioworth more than £8m for which they appear to have no legitimate source ofincome.
The man and his wife were questioned by NCA officers and have now beenreleased under investigation, said the press release.