£50million London property empire 'bought by Azeri tycoon via extraordinarily complex money laundering operation'

A £50 million London property empire was bought by an Azeri tycoon and his wife using money brought into Britain via an “extraordinarily complex” money laundering operation involving payments for “nutritious baby food” and fake and fictitious invoices, the High Court has been told.

The National Crime Agency told a judge that it believes that Javanshir Feyziyev, an Azeri MP and businessman, and his wife Parvana acquired 22 homes, mostly purchased jointly, using the proceeds of crime and corruption.

It said the money used to buy the – which include two in ’s development bought for £18.4 million and £8.1 million respectively - had been channeled into this country via a huge network of shell companies in countries