He looked like any other tourist jetting off on holiday - one look in his suitcase disproved that entirely
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree members of a criminal network that smuggled more than £100m in illicit cash from the UK to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been found guilty of money laundering offences.
The trio - which includes a man from Wigan - were paid around £3,000 for each trip they took to Dubai. Craig Bramall, 42, from Wigan, removed an estimated £1.3m in three suitcases during the one trip he made in September 2020.
Following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation, the 42-year-old was found guilty on Friday (December 1) at Isleworth Crown Court in West London alongside Samantha Horst, 51, from Staines-upon-Thames, and Bridget Taylor, 43, from Edinburgh - bringing the total number convicted of involvement in the conspiracy to 14.
They were part of a network which smuggled more than £104m in suitcases during 83 separate London to Dubai trips between November 2019 and October 2020, booking business class flights for the extra baggage allowance.
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