Understand Your Situation
Money laundering allegations can freeze your assets and destroy your reputation. We provide the financial and legal expertise to fight back.
Defending Money Laundering Allegations
Money laundering involves disguising the origins of illegally obtained money. You can be prosecuted even if you weren't involved in the original crime, simply for handling the proceeds. The prosecution often targets family members, business partners, or employees who they claim 'should have known' the money was dirty.
We take a forensic approach. We trace the funds to prove they are legitimate. If you are accused of being part of a professional laundering network, we fight to prove your lack of knowledge. We also handle the ancillary issues, such as frozen bank accounts and restraint orders, ensuring you have access to funds for living expenses and legal fees.
Assets Frozen?
We help unfreeze accounts and challenge restraint orders. Call us.
Plan Your Defence
The Three Principal Offences
Under the *Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)*, there are three main offences: Concealing (s.327), Arrangements (s.328), and Acquisition/Use (s.329).
The prosecution does not need to prove who committed the predicate crime, only that the property is 'criminal property'. A key defence is 'authorised disclosure' (SARs) or lack of suspicion. We meticulously analyse the financial trails to demonstrate that you had no reason to suspect the funds were illicit.
Accused of Laundering?
Complex finances require expert defence. Contact our POCA team.
Legal Aid Availability
For many criminal matters, from police station interviews to Crown Court trials, public funding (Legal Aid) may be available to cover your legal costs.
Eligibility is determined by the seriousness of the case and, in some instances, a means assessment. Our team will conduct an immediate, confidential assessment of your eligibility to ensure that financial constraints do not stand in the way of a robust defence.
