VIC: Ironside South-Hertforshire (case study)

Operation IRONSIDE intelligence shared with Victoria Police enabled investigators to undertake swift disruption activity on an alleged money laundering syndicate and seize approximately $740,000 (believed to be the proceeds of crime). This activity led to the arrest of two alleged offenders in Melbourne on 5 May, 2021.

Police intercepted a vehicle in Brighton and it will be alleged that  a shopping bag containing $40,000 in cash was located. The driver of the vehicle, a 48-year-old man from Richmond, was arrested at the scene.

A 34-year-old woman, also from Richmond, was arrested after a search warrant at her residential property allegedly located a blue suitcase containing $700,000 in cash.

The two accused have been charged with Victorian state proceeds of crime offences thanks to the disruption activity undertaken as a result of IRONSIDE intelligence and the joint efforts of the AFP and Victoria Police.

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