# UK police targeting organised crime make 17 arrests, investigate financial firms

https://mins.news/en/item/78340

- Reuters, 2026-09-29 09:35 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-police-targeting-organised-crime-make-17-arrests-investigate-financial-firms-2026-09-29/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abb8645a32b7800017a95dc

> British police said 17 people had been arrested on suspicion of offences including money laundering, false accounting and tax evasion in a major organised-crime operation involving 800 officers and the country’s financial regulator. Financial firms are also under investigation.

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