Seven Hong Kong police officers are among 12 people arrested in connection with money laundering involving more than HK$10.5 million (US$1.3 million) in the past eight years.
Officers from the force’s financial intelligence and investigation division raided sites in Sheung Shui, Fanling, Tuen Mun and Kwai Chung on Thursday and detained a dozen suspects, comprising eight men and four women aged between 28 and 68.
Seven of the men are police officers. They were off-duty at the time of the arrests.
The group was accused of using 22 bank accounts to launder suspected criminal proceeds amounting to about HK$10.5 million from 2017 to last year.
Two of the detained officers were also arrested on suspicion of fraud over renting out mortgaged residential properties between 2019 and last year.
All 12 suspects are being held for investigation.