UK banks ‘allowed criminals to move billions of pounds of dirty money across globe’

A HUGE cache of leaked documents allegedly reveal some UK banks allowed criminals to move billions of pounds of dirty money across the globe.

The secret files claim to show London is at the heart of global money laundering.

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They allegedly show HSBC allowed fraudsters to move stolen cash even after being told it was a scam, BBC Panorama claims.

Dubbed the FinCEN Files, they also allege a close associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, below, used Barclays in London to duck sanctions.

FinCEN is the US Financial Crimes Investigation Network.

More than 2,500 files leaked to Buzzfeed news website were shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which distributed them to Panorama and others.

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An HSBC spokesman said: “We do not comment on suspicious activity reporting.

"All of the information provided by the ICIJ is historical.”

Barclays said: “We believe that we have complied with all our legal and regulatory obligations.”

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