Post Offices being used by Russian gang kingpins to launder their dirty cash

Ministers were told Post Offices are a ‘big problem’ in tackling money laundering (Picture: Getty Images)

Five-hundred fraud-busters are to be hired in a £500million crackdown on money laundering at Post Offices and dodgy High Street shops.

They will hunt organised crime kingpins who use them to channel profits globally to countries such as Russia, the government says.

Post Offices have been identified as a ‘key vector’ for sending dirty money, and also linked to ‘hostile state actors’ operating here.

The warning came in a briefing to senior ministers – ex...