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What’s in those big suitcases? $125 million in cash

What’s in those big suitcases? $125 million in cash
The couriers were paid up to £5,000 (NZ$10,240) a time to carry the cash bags. (Image: NCA)
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By Margot PatrickThey looked like ordinary tourists with very big bags. But like a network of ants, they carried off tens of millions of dollars in cash from London to Dubai.British crime fighters cracked a money-laundering network that they say moved more than £100 million (NZ$205m). A London court last week found two men guilty of illegal smuggling, taking convictions in the network of cash couriers to 16, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).The network’s couriers, typically posing as tourists, were paid up to £...

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