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‘Useful Idiot’ Jailed Over London-Dubai Cash Smuggling

Money laundering mastermind handed more than 9 years in prison
Couriers carrying cash flew 83 trips to Dubai in two years

Morning fog in Dubai. — Morning fog in Dubai.
Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg

By

Jonathan Browning and

Olivia Fletcher

July 28, 2022, 12:01 PM UTCUpdated onJuly 29, 2022, 7:47 AM UTC

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The ringleader of one of the UK’s largest money laundering operations was jailed for nine years and seven months after investigators caught couriers smuggling suitcases packed with bags of cash flying to Dubai.