Adnan Hussain

Multi-Million pound Conspiracy to Evade Excise Duty on Tobacco on an international scale, involving in excess of 18,000 pages of evidence.  The case involved analysis of vast quantities of electronic data and exposing weakness and inadequacies of HMRC disclosure processes and protocols.

Multi- Million pound Conspiracy to Defraud Central Clearing banks.

Multi-handed Fraud involving Luxury motor vehicles,  described as a “complex and highly-organised” operation.

Multi- Million pound Fraud involving exportation of construction plant machinery and prestige motor vehicles to Dubai. Proceedings were brought under Proceed of Crimes Act 2002 involving millions of pounds of hidden assets.

Multi- Million pound Fraudulent Trading with an International Element. Acted for the Financial Director of the company.

Multi- Million pound Money Laundering allegations involving proceeds of crime into a high value business.

Conspiracy to make/ distribute and sell counterfeit clothing on an industrial scale, involving the following brands; UGG, Timberland, Mackenzie, Adidas, Lacoste, G- Star and Henleys.

Director of a Los Angeles based Film Company, charged with Cheating the Public Revenue for a vast amount of money.

Multi-Million pound Trading Standards Prosecution. Described as the largest counterfeiting fraud operation ever uncovered on Ebay.

£40 Million MTIC (Missing Trader Intra-Community) Fraud / Carousel Fraud.

Multi-Million pound Conspiracy, involving the supply of illegal immigrants to companies in the construction industry, and associated money laundering charges.

£20 Million Mortgage Fraud. Acted for an Accountant in the conspiracy. 

Multi-handed Serious Fraud Office Prosecution of Corruption, Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering within a County Council.

Banking Fraud. Allegations of defendants acting as Police Officers from Scotland Yard. The case also appeared on BBC CrimeWatch.

Charges brought for money laundering which involved a Mortgage Advisor at a leading Corporate and Investment Bank, who it was alleged bypassed security measures to assist transfer criminal property.

Acted for managing director of a company in a complex multi-million pound solar panel fraud. The case involved the instruction of a forensic accountant who was able discredit the prosecution case.

Acted for a banker in a multi handed complex banking fraud. The operation was described as orchestrated by a sophisticated network. It was alleged bogus invoices were created to falsely represent trading agreements.

Acted for a university professor involved in a large-scale conspiracy relating to a mortgage fraud. It was alleged that someone had impersonated the owner of the property in a sophisticated operation to obtain a large sum of funds. The proceeds thereafter were transferred between various individuals and companies.

Complex pharmaceutical fraud involving a senior dispenser who failed to note a large volume of medication in the controlled drugs register.

Acted for a legal advisor based at a high-profile solicitors firm in Chancery Lane who faced an allegation of fraud by position.

Acted for a director of a building and dismantling company in a corporate manslaughter case. This prosecution was brought by the health and safety executive. Allegations centred on breaches of safety of workers and failing to ensure work is planned, regulated and monitored in a way which ensures it is carried out without risk to safety. Complex case involving expert evidence and sub-contractors also present at the demolition site which led to a cut throat trial.

Historic Conspiracy to commit murder of political cartoonist who was shot in central London in 1987.  It was alleged the assignation was by members of ‘force 17 group’ which was an off shoot group of the PLO due to an offensive cartoon image depicting Yasser Arafat.

Conspiracy to commit murder. Contract killing which had taken over 6 months to discover the body. The murder squad described it as one of the biggest jigsaw’s they have had to piece together.

12 handed conspiracy to commit murder. Complex case with over 30,000 pages of evidence served.

Cut-throat murder case in which the defendant and his partner each blamed the other for the murder The case attracted national media attention (“The baby on the bus” case).

Murders of three generations of one family commonly referred to by the media as the “Clydach Massacre”. It sparked the biggest hunt in Welsh criminal history.

Murder of a high profile figure in the West Midlands. The case involved complex cell site evidence. It was the biggest case ever investigated by Warwickshire Police.

Multi- handed Murder of a Director in the telecommunications industry.

Death by dangerous driving involving a head on collision.  Case involved instructing a forensic collision investigator who able combat some of the allegations put forward by the police expert.

13 Defendant conspiracy to commit Murder. The cases involved the shooting of a local businessman in the underworld in the West Midlands. A turf war spiralled out of control with reprisal attacks. The case involved complex cell site and ANPR evidence.

Conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Complex encro -chat case involving the supply of 1000 kilos of cocaine, allegedly supplied in just a few month period.

Multi handed Conspiracy to import and supply 40 kilos of cocaine and ammunition. The sophisticated cocaine supply network stretched from Mexico, the USA, and Canada to the streets of London. This conspiracy, involved organised drug distributers based in Mexico City using British Airways transatlantic flights and a sophisticated team of distributors in London.

Multi -Million pound drugs trafficking case involving a sophisticated organised criminal group with allegations of the defendants owning 11 production factories within the UK. The defendants were described as having close links with “respectable members of Beijing society”.

£6 million Conspiracy to supply Class A across Canterbury and the south coast. Described as a ‘sophisticated operation’ and “business- like crime run in open daylight”.

£22 million Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. International drugs ring described as distributers for a much larger operation that sourced and supplied drugs across the UK.

Multi- Million Conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs. Described as a “highly organised” operation with various storage locations around the country.

Multi- Million-pound Conspiracy to import Class A Drugs from the Caribbean. A well-established logistics company was alleged to be involved in the international operation.

Alleged leader charged with conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice. Allegations arose out of the grant in 1995 of the Royal Pardon by the then Home Secretary (Michael Howard). The case generated 2 books, a documentary and various investigations by Parliament into informant handling. There were over 30,000 pages of evidence served and allegations of corruption throughout the Criminal Justice system.

Charges brought under the Official Secrets Act against a British army interpreter, who worked for the head of NATO forces. The client was accused of spying for Iran while serving in Afghanistan.

Complex confiscation proceedings brought under the Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002, where the Crown estimated the benefit figure to be over a 6 figure sum. Successful negotiations reduced the figure significantly.

Multi handed Conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by orchestrating sham marriages.  The case involved a West Midlands lawyer and a corrupt police officer.

Multi handed conspiracy to import and supply firearms.

International multi-million-pound modern slavery case alleged involving the exploitation of foreign workers in the construction industry.