Payback 4: The Big Squeeze

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Northumbria Police is once again targeting offenders who live extravagant lifestyles without any obvious source of income.

Payback 4: The Big Squeeze is a major crackdown to strip criminals of their ill-gotten gains.

Organised crime enterprises use money laundering to obtain 'badges of wealth', such as properties, luxury cars and holidays.

A vehicle seized during Payback raids Seized vehicles Detective Chief Inspector Jim McCall with vehicles seized during raids

The Big Squeeze will target criminals who wear those badges of wealth - both low level offenders and those who profit from serious, organised crime.

A series of raids will highlight the work our financial investigators carry out all year round and prove that crime does not pay.