Seven held over 'money laundering'

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%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Detectives have arrested seven people, including a solicitor and a property developer, as part of a major inquiry into large-scale money laundering allegations.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the suspects, believed to have links to a high-profile organised crime gang, were detained in coordinated raids in London, Kent, Surrey and East Sussex at about 6.30am today.

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