Money launderer alleges police corruption – 28 November 2012

11 Dec 2012

Money launderer Bhadresh Gohil is appealing against his conviction on the grounds that the investigation into him by the Metropolitan Police was corrupt.

Gohil was jailed for ten years in 2010 for helping client James Ibori, a former Nigerian state governor, launder money that he had stolen from the Nigerian government. Ibori, who admitted money laundering and corruption and was jailed for thirteen years in April 2012, is also trying to use these allegations of police corruption to try to reduce the length of his sentence. Both he and Gohil are also fighting asset confiscation hearings relating to millions of pounds worth of property.

In a further twist, Gohil also claims he has discovered that one of the jurors deciding his case was a “senior employee of the Department for International Development” – the government department that sponsored the investigation into Ibori.