Robert Muggah and Misha Glenny
On a gray afternoon in November 2021, Metropolitan Police officers pulled over a vehicle on a highway north of London, acting on a tip about a suspected drug deal. In the car, they found 250,000 pounds in cash, according to the investigators involved. A sweep of the driver’s home turned up a dollar-counting machine and another 24,500 pounds.
This was a significant coup for law enforcement, but the story turned out to be much bigger. Further investigation revealed a thread that led British investigators to a building in the heart of Moscow. The money, the machine, and the man driving the car all traced back to a Russian intelligence operation.
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