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Alert on money laundering risks for independent schools

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Published on: 03 December 2020

Published by LNB News

LNB News 03/12/2020

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Issue Date: 03 December 2020

Published Date: 03 December 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The National Crime Agency has reported on an alert published by the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), in collaboration with the Independent Schools Council and the Independent Schools' Bursars Association on the risks of money laundering in independent schools. The NECC Director General, Graeme Biggar, highlighted the risk of wealthy individuals attempting to secure their children’s places at schools ‘through corruption or other forms of serious crime’.

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