WhatsApp chat used to send cash for crime and extremism
The WhatsApp money launderers arranged cash transfers in the UK and around the world with no paper trail.
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"It was like 'hitting the jackpot', uncovering the inner workings of a vast, underground system."
— Vincent Guerra , Academic
"This isn't just amateur work; it's professional, and at a level we could never have imagined."
— Vincent Guerra , Academic
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The WhatsApp money launderers arranged cash transfers in the UK and around the world with no paper trail.
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