Ex-Kazakh president's grandson wins UK case over purchase of London mansion

FILE PHOTO: General view shows houses in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, in London, Britain March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - London's High Court removed anti-graft orders against the grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, dealing a blow to powers that British crime fighters use to target dirty money.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) had sought Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) against the companies which owned a London mansion in which Nurali Aliyev lived and two other properties to try to force him to explain where the money to buy them had come from.