The 500 Euro note is no longer available in the UK, after officials stopped its circulation on the basis of evidence that over 90 per cent of demand in the country came from criminals.
Jain was being tracked by detectives in London, the United States, Holland, Italy, Spain and the UAE when he was arrested in New Delhi on Sunday. Britain's Serious organised Crime Agency said Jain controlled a worldwide money laundering system that, at its height, was capable of moving $2.2 billion every year.
Eight persons, arrested for allegedly kidnapping a British couple and also demanding a ransom of Rs 2.58 crore, were on Thursday detained under the National Security Act.
Two men alleged to be members of an illegal betting syndicate based in Singapore were charged with conspiracy to defraud on Thursday as part of a match-fixing investigation into English lower league soccer.
Canada has expelled an Indian diplomat as it was investigating what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called 'credible allegations' of the involvement of 'agents of the Indian government' in the killing of a Sikh extremist leader in Surrey in June, claims outrightly rejected by New Delhi as 'absurd' and 'motivated'.
Khalistani separatist Lakhbir Singh alias 'Rode', a designated terrorist under the Indian law, has died recently in Pakistan, where he had taken refuge after his uncle Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was killed in 1984 during an army action, officials said on Tuesday.
'What is the problem in getting the UK to extradite our citizens?' asks Aakar Patel.
The agency is looking at alleged "diversion of funds and financial reporting frauds".
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