People buying drugs such as cocaine in Britain may be unwittingly helping to support the Russian military effort , the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned.

“We could draw a really clear thread between somebody buying some cocaine on a Friday night, all the way through to geopolitical events that are causing suffering across the world,” Sal Melki, deputy director for economic crime at the agency, said.

The NCA says a billion-dollar money-laundering network is active in the UK and operating in at least 28 cities and towns, where couriers are collecting cash and converting it to crypto. New Feature

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It has emerged that a company linked to one of the network’s bosses purchased a bank which is facilitating payments that are supporting

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