Following a five week trial at Southwark Crown Court AA and MP  were convicted on various counts of money laundering. These convictions concluded a three and a half year investigation by RCPO and officers of HMRC into the use of money service businesses [MSB’s]operating throughout the UK to launder criminal proceeds, predominantly derived from drug dealing. AA used and set up MSB’s specifically for the purpose of channelling criminal proceeds through accounts controlled by him and for onward transmission to foreign jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Dubai and China. AA, as the prime mover and main organiser, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, MP to four. This brought to eight the total number of those successfully prosecuted in this and related operations. Five officers of HMRC were commended by the judge for their involvement in this investigation. Confiscation proceedings are to follow.