Nigel Leary's comments follow offer by developer Nick Candy to take payment for a London penthouse via cryptocurrency.

Money laundering using property transactions may be an age-old problem, but 2021 will present new threats and changes for agents on the frontline, says Lisa Isaacs.

NCA says Zamira Hajiyev must now explain where her wealth comes from or have properties worth £22m confiscated under AML rules.

Manni Hussain, who has links to many of West Yorkshire's leading gangsters, has agreed to hand over the properties worth £10 million.

Although number of Suspicious Activity Reports increased across all industries, agents made 10.5% fewer reports to the NCA.

In one of the UK's extraordinary proceeds of crime recovery cases, the National Crime Agency has persuaded the Davies family to surrender the assets.