20 held in car insurance scam raids

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Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan police of Detective Superintendent Nick Downing with two vehicles that were seized as part of police investigations into insurance scams and money laundering through an international hire car ruse. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday December 3, 2013. Detectives in London carried out dawn raids after investigators said rental bosses were supplying criminals with incorrectly-insured cars to help them evade detection. The Met Police's central criminal finances team gathered intelligence on a number of organised crime groups believed to be using the proceeds of crime to buy cars which they hired out to other criminals.See PA story POLICE Cars. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA WireNOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Twenty people have been arrested - and cars worth nearly £1 million seized - as part of police investigations into insurance scams and money laundering through an international hire car ruse.

Detectives in London carried out dawn raids after investigators said rental bosses were supplying criminals with incorrectly-insured cars to help them evade detection.

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