Unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) enable authorities to take assets from those suspected of wrongdoing. A meticulous, astute response to a UWO will enhance your chances of keeping what is yours.
News and media publications related to Unexplained Wealth Orders, the latest weapon available to the authorities that seek to take assets from those they suspect of wrongdoing.
Azizur Rahman
9 April 2020
The High Court's dismissal of the NCA's attempt to use an unexplained wealth order (UWO) to seize three London homes worth £80m from the son of a Kazakh government official prompted Senior Partner Azi...
Azizur Rahman
13 January 2020
Unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) are arguably the most powerful tool that the authorities have for taking someone’s wealth.
Azizur Rahman
2 September 2019
Unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) have been described as the much-needed weapon to wage war on the flow of dirty money into the UK, however, to date, just 15 unexplained wealth orders have been obtaine...
Syedur Rahman
2 August 2019
The National Crime Agency said on Wednesday it has secured its fourth unexplained wealth order against a Northern Irish woman with suspected links to paramilitary activity
Azizur Rahman
2 June 2019
The second case to involve unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) has seen the National Crime Agency targeting three residential properties with a total value of more than £80M.
Azizur Rahman
31 May 2019
“Unexplained wealth orders have the potential to significantly reduce the appeal of the UK as a destination for illicit income. They enable the UK to more effectively target the problem of money laund...
Azizur Rahman
26 February 2019
2019 is set to be the year that unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) become a regular and well-used feature in the UK’s legal system?
Azizur Rahman
13 November 2018
The UK government’s drive for greater transparency regarding the beneficial ownership of companies appears to have had, at best, limited success. A continued lack of openness and the rise of so-called...
Azizur Rahman
12 October 2018
Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of an Azerbaijani banker who was jailed for a massive fraud on his country’s state-owned bank, is in the spotlight as the first person hit with an unexplained wealth order (U...
Azizur Rahman
7 February 2018
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said that it is already looking through its caseload to identify the first targets for unexplained wealth orders (UWO’s).