Originally Posted by
WHBM
One wonders where the money actually originated.
Pilot and aircraft owner etc paid a fee, but Henderson was apparently making a living out of it as well. McKay paid Henderson, but doesn't sound the sort of character to have paid for it out of his life savings. So who was paying him even more for each of these flights ? Cardiff football club ? Sala himself ? Skimmed off the £15m "transfer fee" ?
Tweaking legislation, ramp checks or hiding behind hedges with a pair of binoculars will never be effective. Asking where the money comes from is another story. HMRC have surprisingly large powers of investigation and given lawful authority to employ them can be highly effective. Having the taxman poking around in your bank accounts is very intrusive, there’s no telling what they might turn up. Cash doesn’t work anymore, it has to be accounted for and if you choose not to answer then it may be seized under the money laundering regulations until a credible explanation is provided. I have a friend who enforces confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) his experience is that career criminals view prison as an occupational hazard, but losing the ill-gotten gains they’ve grifted hard to amass really upsets them.
The only way to deal with the problem is via a multi-agency approach and the tactic of following the money.
YS