Acquittal in Complex International Money Laundering Trial for Quinn Hawkins’s Client

Our client, an international businessman of good character, was acquitted by a jury in less than half an hour following a 3-week trial.

The client was charged with money laundering after he was found in possession of £400,000 at Heathrow Airport bound for Europe.

The National Crime Agency, who celebrated the seizure on their Instagram account, changed their case theory several times, eventually asserting that the client was assisting organised crime groups in the UK to facilitate their criminal proceeds being laundered abroad.

Preparing the defence case involved detailed analysis of financial,  flight, and phone records to challenge the assertion that the client was being used to launder money offshore, as well as instructing an economic expert witness to provide independent evidence that supported his case.

After spending 8 months remanded in custody awaiting trial, the client can now return to his young family with an unblemished record.

Quinn Hawkins was instructed by Cally Gormally of Shearman Bowen.