00:02raids took place in london as well as in the nearby counties of essex hertfordshire cambridgeshire and suffolk during the
00:09operation a police officer was stabbed in the leg in cockfosters in north london
00:15the metropolitan police said they were taken to hospital and that their injury is not life-changing twenty-four addresses
00:24were raided early on tuesday as part of an organized crime related operation with seventeen people arrested on suspicion of
00:32different offences ranging from participating in the activities of an organized crime gang
00:39to money laundering the arrests come as part of an investigation by the met along with hmrc and the financial
00:47conduct authority the met said the fca had disrupted seven businesses and is actively pursuing another 30. a spokesperson said
00:57these arrests mark a significant point in this investigation those arrested are suspected of leading or being involved at a
01:05senior level in serious and organized crime and related financial
01:09offending in total 17 people were arrested 12 men and one woman were held on suspicion of participating in the
01:17activities of an organized crime group other offenses included money laundering cheating the public revenue false accounting and conspiracy to
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