Iranian made £1.6 million from small boats crossings

An Iranian businessman who ran a rug company as a front for laundering millions of pounds made from small boats crossings is facing jail. Asghar Gheshalghian, 48, acted as a banker for the gangsters trafficking tens of thousands of illegal immigrants across the Engish channel. Gheshalghian – known as Mr G by his associates in France transferred money using the so-called hawala system. Hawala is an informal channel for transferring funds from one location to another through providers — known…