The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has disrupted Russian money laundering networks linked to organized crime across multiple countries in an operation called 'Operation Destabilise.'
The NCA identified two Russian-speaking networks, Smart and TGR, collaborating at the heart of the criminal enterprise.
As a result of Operation Destabilise, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five individuals and four entities tied to the TGR Group for aiding Russian elites in sanctions evasion.
The NCA efforts led to 84 arrests, prison sentences, and the seizure of £20 million in both cash and cryptocurrency.