Ben Wallace, the security minister, said when people spend ill-gotten gains it should be put through “the sniff test” RICHARD POHLE FOR THE TIMESThe government has pledged to crack down on criminals’ ability to spend their money on luxuries such as expensive property, cars and private schools. Ben Wallace, the security minister, stressed the people at the top of drug-dealing and human-trafficking operations are “just as bad” as foot soldiers on the street and “need to have the same weight of the law on them”. Those responsible for admissions to private schools should Google parents trying to register their children and raise anything of concern with the National Crime Agency, Mr Wallace said. He also highlighted estate agents’ responsibility to be alert to the background of potential buyers, saying they only flag up 0.1 per cent of customers as suspicious at present. Speaking on the Today programme, he…

Source: The Times November 01, 2018 09:00 UTC