Dirty money is being moved out of the UK

Criminal gangs are trying to move dirty money out of the UK to avoid a crackdown by anti-corruption authorities.

Speaking in an interview yesterday, Donald Toon, of The National Crime Agency (NCA), said it currently has more than £750 million worth of criminal assets either restrained, frozen or repatriated.

The NCA said it was poised to implement unexplained wealth orders which would force a suspected corrupt foreign official to account for their riches.

The organisation said suspected criminal gangs are making moves to try to protect their ill-gotten money.

The Sunday Post has previously reported on fears Scottish firms have been used to launder cash from abroad.