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Smugglers Were Flying Business Class To Dubai With AED450 Million Cash
A group of criminal cash couriers who collectively smuggled over AED450 MILLION out of the UK to Dubai for the purpose of money laundering have been taken down by UK authorities.
According to the UK’s National Crime Agency, ‘their network smuggled more than £104 million from the UK to Dubai during 83 separate trips between November 2019 and October 2020 overseen by a ringleader who was jailed for more than nine years in July last year.’
They had a WhatsApp group called ’Sunshine and lollipops’ to communicate and they earned approximately AED14k a pop per trip
They were paid around £3,000 (AED14k) for each trip and they flew on business-class flights to take advantage of the extra luggage allowance. The groups communicated on a Whatsapp group entitled ’Sunshine and lollipops’.
Cash is the lifeblood of organised crime groups, which they re-invest into activities such as drug trafficking. This fuels violence and insecurity around the world, which is why our investigation into other cash couriers continues.
UK National Crime Agency
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