2021/24648 - Money Muling

REQUEST

In cases of ‘money muling’* please provide me with the following information:

- How many cases bearing the hallmarks of ‘money muling’ has the force dealt with each year for the last three years.

- For each of these years, please provide a breakdown (preferably in numerical, not percentage form) of these money muling cases by:

1. age group,
2. race/ethnicity, AND

iii. gender,

of the suspected ‘money mule’.

*For reference, the term ‘money mule’ is defined by Action Fraud at the following link: https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.actionfraud.police.uk%2Fa-z-of-fraud%2Fmoney-muling&data=04%7C01%7CFOI%40gwent.police.uk%7C027b174c9c5349a9fd4108d99fcf3fb7%7Ce46c8472ef5d4b63bc744a60db42c371%7C0%7C1%7C637716534742658478%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zbM1UlSwL%2F9SK8vMwXcFTqjE16LtsLvrN82bA5wSoqE%3D&reserved=0)

RESPONSE