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<p>The National Crime Agency’s International Corruption Unit (ICU) investigates bribery
of foreign public officials by individuals or companies from the UK, and money laundering
by corrupt foreign officials and their associates.</p><p>The ICU and other UK law
enforcement agencies investigating the proceeds of corruption do not specifically
collate information on the value of property investigated. However, since its inception
in 2015, the ICU has restrained or detained £742m worth of assets linked to corruption
globally, in addition to confiscating £7 million worth of assets and returning assets
totalling £199 million.</p>
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