{"id":298036,"date":"2025-11-22T00:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/billion-dollar-money-laundering-gang-helping-fund-russias-war-effort-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T00:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:04:56","slug":"billion-dollar-money-laundering-gang-helping-fund-russias-war-effort-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/billion-dollar-money-laundering-gang-helping-fund-russias-war-effort-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Billion-dollar money-laundering gang helping fund Russia&#8217;s war effort | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4C3CXQrsFPw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Billion-dollar money-laundering gang helping fund Russia's war effort | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4C3CXQrsFPw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s National Crime Agency has warned that buying drugs on the street can indirectly help Russian arms factories.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is trying to disrupt the network from top to bottom, even putting adverts in UK motorway service station toilets to warn couriers carrying cash for the money-launderers of the lengthy jail sentences they face, as part of an investigation called Operation Destabilise. <\/p>\n<p>We speak to our news correspondent Will Vernon, who spent eight years reporting in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Global News Podcast wherever you get your podcasts or find more episodes here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/GlobalNewsPodcast<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s National Crime Agency has warned that buying drugs on the street can indirectly help Russian arms factories. 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