Amin Fahim’s close aide, wife 'arrested' in UK over alleged money laundering

The couple owns £8m worth of property for which they appear to have no legitimate source of income

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Monday it had arrested a Pakistani former ‘politically exposed person’ and his wife who were involved in money laundering in the UK, believed to to be the result of corruption in Pakistan.

“Officers from the NCA’s International Corruption Unit have arrested a former Pakistani Politically Exposed Person, aged in his 40s, and his wife, aged in her 30s,” the agency said in an official statement.

It was later reported that the arrested man was Farhan Junejo, a former assistant commissioner, who was accused of laundering Rs250 million abroad.

Junejo was a close aide to late PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim and was named in the Trade Development corruption scandal in addition to causing a loss of Rs1.5 billion to the national exchequer.



Earlier, the UK’s National Crime Agency said that it had arrested a former ‘Pakistani politically exposed person’, in his 40s, and his wife, in her 30s, in connection with alleged money laundering in Surrey County.

The investigation, it added, had been supported by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Pakistan.

“The couple, who were arrested in Surrey, control a UK property portfolio worth more than £8m for which they appear to have no legitimate source of income,” the NCA said.

It added that the man and his wife were questioned by the officers and have now been released under investigation.

The ICU, which is principally funded by the Department for International Development (DfID) and concentrates its resources where there is a clear link with countries that receive overseas development aid from the UK, investigates serious criminal allegations of bribery and corruption.