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Banker wife fails in bid to overturn ‘McMafia’ asset freeze: Woman who spent £16m shopping at Harrods loses appeal against £22million confiscation order Supreme Court upholds 2 unexplained wealth orders against jailed banker’s wife Zamira Hajiyeva has lost her appeal against a £22million confiscation order The couple, who deny all wrongdoing, were subjects of UK’s … Read more
People smuggling kingpins are being targeted by crime fighters in cases where ‘McMafia orders’ could be used to seize their assets, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The National Crime Agency – dubbed Britain’s FBI – has revealed that its ‘asset denial’ unit is currently building dozens of cases to ‘cut the head of the … Read more
November 2013 was a hectic month for Meghan Markle. Striving to broaden her recognition beyond North America, where she had won modest acclaim for her role in TV legal drama Suits, she duly jetted off to London. There, the actress attended a red carpet film premiere in Leicester Square, met a tabloid gossip columnist for … Read more
A businessman allegedly linked to organised crime has had almost £10million worth of properties, cash and land seized through an unexplained wealth order – including a Yorkshire mansion and an apartment in Knightsbridge. Mansoor Mahmood Hussain, 40, had ‘strong connections’ to ‘notorious criminals’ in the Leeds and Bradford area, including a murderer currently serving 26 years … Read more
Rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, Mansoor Hussain proudly posed with celebrities including Meghan Markle, Beyonce and Simon Cowell. But the millionaire businessman, who loved to boast of his A-list connections on social media, was not all he seemed. Investigators believe the 40-year-old Poundworld owner laundered vast sums for criminal networks linked to a … Read more
Daughter and grandson of former Kazakhstan president win High Court challenge against ‘McMafia’ order over three mansions worth £80million as judge finds they were not bought by government official By James Robinson for MailOnline Published: 16:23 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 16:58 BST, 8 April 2020 The daughter and grandson of the former president … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Imogen Poots moves into McMafia star boyfriend James Norton’s Peckham pad By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:39 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:52 BST, 4 April 2020 Imogen Poots and James Norton, pictured, have moved in together in Peckham, south-east London … Read more
A multi-million-pound mansion on London’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’ is at the centre of the latest High Court challenge to new powers introduced under so-called ‘McMafia laws’. Three properties in London – which are said to be worth around £80 million in total – were made subject to unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) last May following an application by the … Read more