"A Russian crime lord with connections to the Kremlin laundered millions of pounds through Britain, in an “orgy of spending” on yachts, private jets and even boarding school fees, according to evidence presented to Parliament on Tuesday.
Bank statements and other documents show how the Russian crime gang channeled £20 million through the UK in a fraud committed against a British-owned investment fund based in Moscow, MPs were told.
But Mr Browder has said the money trail should now be investigated by British authorities.
Lawyers acting for Mr Browder have made six attempts dating back to 2010 to force UK law enforcement, including the Metropolitan police, the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency to open inquiries into the fraud.
Mr Browder told MPs: “There has been an orgy of spending on luxury goods and services in the UK.”
Mr Browder said the evidence showed “for the first time in history a connection between Russian organised crime and spending in the UK" but that British authorities had ignored his pleas to investigate.
He told the committee: "Every time we've filed a complaint nobody has responded. They've always found an excuse not to investigate."
He added: "This city is levitating on a flow of dirty money. If that flow was stopped certain people would find themselves without a business."
Mr Browder also accused the UK government of not wanting to do more to tackle the problem for fear of upsetting influential Russian individuals close to the Putin regime.
He said: "There's a political failing. You don't want to rock the boat. There's so many people benefiting from dirty money here, it becomes a politically toxic issue to address.
"We should not allow Russian torturers and murderers to send and spend their money here."
The sums transferred from Zibar Management included two payments totalling $259,532 (£178,000) to a Colombian woman in March and in May 2012 then living in a £5m home on an estate in Virginia Water in Surrey. (AtW's comment: is it better than Bridgewater, just off M4?)
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Source: Russian crimelord accused of 'orgy of spending' in UK
Bank statements and other documents show how the Russian crime gang channeled £20 million through the UK in a fraud committed against a British-owned investment fund based in Moscow, MPs were told.
But Mr Browder has said the money trail should now be investigated by British authorities.
Lawyers acting for Mr Browder have made six attempts dating back to 2010 to force UK law enforcement, including the Metropolitan police, the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency to open inquiries into the fraud.
Mr Browder told MPs: “There has been an orgy of spending on luxury goods and services in the UK.”
Mr Browder said the evidence showed “for the first time in history a connection between Russian organised crime and spending in the UK" but that British authorities had ignored his pleas to investigate.
He told the committee: "Every time we've filed a complaint nobody has responded. They've always found an excuse not to investigate."
He added: "This city is levitating on a flow of dirty money. If that flow was stopped certain people would find themselves without a business."
Mr Browder also accused the UK government of not wanting to do more to tackle the problem for fear of upsetting influential Russian individuals close to the Putin regime.
He said: "There's a political failing. You don't want to rock the boat. There's so many people benefiting from dirty money here, it becomes a politically toxic issue to address.
"We should not allow Russian torturers and murderers to send and spend their money here."
The sums transferred from Zibar Management included two payments totalling $259,532 (£178,000) to a Colombian woman in March and in May 2012 then living in a £5m home on an estate in Virginia Water in Surrey. (AtW's comment: is it better than Bridgewater, just off M4?)
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Source: Russian crimelord accused of 'orgy of spending' in UK
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