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Shops: Money Laundering

Commons · Question 42210 · Tabled 28 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle money laundering in (a) shops and (b) other services using high street premises.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 8 Apr 2025

The Government recognises that cash intensive businesses such as barber shops and nails bars can be exploited by criminals who seek to legitimise their criminal cash, enabling them to profit from their illegal activities. Addressing cash-based money laund...