I had a million quid in the back of my cab! Stunned police find holdall containing £943,000 in passenger compartment of a London taxi

Bag containing £943,000 was found on the back seat of taxi in east London
Suitcase containing £500,000 in £10 and £20 notes also found in back of a car
£73million in cash and assets including a Ferrari 612 and Class A drugs seized
Scotland Yard says it is largest amount of money taken off streets since 2003

A sports holdall crammed with almost £1million in cash was seized by police as it was moved across London by black cab, Scotland Yard revealed today.
The bag containing £943,000 was found on the back seat of the taxi when it was pulled over by police in east London last year.
Another suitcase containing £500,000 in £10 and £20 notes was found in the back of a car in a separate incident.
The hauls were only a small part of the £73million in cash and assets including a Ferrari 612 and Class A drugs seized from criminals in London in just 12 months.
Scotland Yard says it is the largest amount of money the force has ever taken off the capital's streets in a year since 2003.

The taxi holdall was the largest cash bundle seized in 2015/16 and the largest confiscation order made was for £6,328,119 in May 2015 over the supply of chip and pin machines to central London brothels.
The main perpetrator created a number of sham companies purporting to offer events and function facilities to corporate clients.
These companies were then used to obtain numerous chip and pin machines by fraudulently misrepresenting their business intentions.

Machines were then placed in several brothels in order to facilitate the payment for sexual services and Class A drugs from paying customers.
The cash seized was forfeited by the crooks under the Proceeds of Crime Act in early 2016.
Funds confiscated by the Met are paid to the Home Office, although the force receives a percentage back through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme.
In the financial year 2015/16, the MPS issued orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 totalling £73.4million.
Outgoing Met commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: 'The MPS is here to reduce crime and keep people safe. It's satisfying to see criminals pay back for the damage they cause communities through the assets we've recovered.

During Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe's term as commissioner since September 2011, the Met has seized or confiscated £317.14 million through the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and has received £40.16million through ARIS.
In 2015/16, the Met Police received £8.89million through ARIS, which is usesd to fund financial investigations, training and specialist units in targeting organised criminal gangs and violence.

During the previous year, £73.04million was seized from crooks across London.
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 gives police the powers to identify and remove assets obtained from a criminal lifestyle.
Using the act, police can investigate the financial affairs of a suspect to see if any of their assets were obtained through criminal means and a court can then order the criminals to pay up.


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