Police today arrested a suspected leading member of a £150,000-a-day money laundering ring during a series of raids across London.

The overall amount of bribes may be $20 million at minimum though the funds were to be used for investment projects, the paper reported.

Police in western Sweden are kept busy by a large number of illegal shipments of alcohol and cigarettes, believed to be bound for Norway. Despite a great strain on the system, Sweden is obliged to stop the shipments before they reach the Norwegian border.

The suspects are charged with damaging the state budget for US$2.2 million through tax evasion and money laundering.

Italian court says former prime minister was victim of extortion by Cosa Nostra in the 1970s

Bulgaria's ruling majority in the Parliament has adopted another part of a controversial bill authorizing confiscation of illegal assets at midnight Wednesday and the debates are continuing full force Thursday.

The police say criminals stole money from the accounts of foreigners by using methods like "skimming" or "phishing".

Remains to be moved in attempt to stem rumours of murdered girl hidden in crypt

Tsochatzopoulos, who has maintained his innocence, threatened: “I know everything.” Prosecutors have implicated 10 people in the scheme, which they say Tsochatzopoulos used to conceal ill-gotten gains.

Two men have been jailed for money laundering following a £2.3m fraud against the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).