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British MEP charged with money laundering

April 21, 2009

LONDON (AFP) — A British member of the European Parliament has been charged with false accounting and money laundering, the prosecutors’ office said.

Tom Wise, 60, a former UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEP who now sits as an independent, was investigated by police after claims made about his conduct in tabloid the News of the World four years ago.

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