A major operation is underway in Manchester as officers swoop on a suspected organised crime gang linked to fraud, money laundering and illegal immigration. Greater Manchester Police has confirmed a probe into an alleged criminal network, which is believed to have made 'vast profits' by producing fake identities and businesses.
Two men, aged 41 and 59, have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and fraud by false representation. Detective Sergeant Pete Goddard, of GMP's money laundering team, said: “Organised crime groups will take extraordinary measures to try and hide their illicit finances from us, and we believe that the suspects we have arrested today have been creating fraudulent identities and businesses in an attempt to conceal criminal proceeds.
Detective Superintendent Joe Harrop, GMP's force lead for serious organised crime, added: “Criminal networks involved in organised immigration crime are making vast sums of money from the illegal facilitation of migrants across international borders. The criminal cash is then funnelled into further forms of serious crime which directly harms our communities.
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