By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi
Britain’s National Crime Agency has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for laundering money from people smuggling networks.
In a statement, the NCA revealed that Iranian Asghar Gheshalghian was convicted last week of “running an unregistered money services business from an office block in Wood Green, as part of a network of bankers transferring money using the Hawala system.”
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