Small boats tycoon gets eight years

An Iranian businessman who ran a rug company as a front to launder the millions of pounds made from small boats crossings was jailed for eight years. 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…