Extract from remaining stages (Commons) of the Finance Bill: National Crime Agency - May 24
Tuesday, 25 May 2021 07:48
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Abena Oppong-Asare (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):...It is worth
considering what that means more broadly. First, let us look at the
scale of the problem. In 2014, the National Crime Agency received
around 14,000 reports of transactions that were believed to involve
illicit activity. By 2020, that had risen to over 62,000 reports.
Of course, the true scale of the problem is extremely hard to
quantify, given the lengths that individuals and organisations go
to hide their illegal activities......Request free trial
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