Question follow-through · 58048

Personal Care Services: Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas in the UK are most prevalent for money laundering activity (a) Turkish barbers and (b) other organisations.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
6 Jun 2025
Target answer date
10 Jun 2025
Answer
18 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas in the UK are most prevalent for money laundering activity (a) Turkish barbers and (b) other organisations.

  2. 10 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Regional Organised Crime Units and police forces across England and Wales have identified cash intensive business such as barbershops being exploited by criminals seeking to launder money. In March, the National Economic Crime Centre coordinated a three-w...

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