National Crime Agency calls for more funding to tackle Russian kleptocracy

UK's organised crime-fighting force complains it only has a third of the money per officer received by the FBI

The UK's serious and organised crime-fighting force has complained it is struggling to tackle Russian kleptocracy and sanctions evasion because it is given only a third of the funding per officer handed to the FBI.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the UK had been slower to seize sanctioned Russian oligarchs' assets than the US because it could not rely on the same substantial level of investment" that Washington has poured into tackling international corruption and sanctions busting.