Written Question·Home Office·UIN 95134

Electronic Cigarettes and Personal Care Services: Fraud

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criminality data informs efforts to clamp down on the establishment of (a) vape shops (b) barber shops in England.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Addressing cash-based money laundering is one of the strategic priorities of the National Economic Crime Centre, which sits within the National Crime Agency. In March 2025, the NECC led a three-week intensification campaign (Operation MACHINIZE) against b...

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