Overview
- Emma Rauf, 33, is accused of abusing her Manchester Airport desk role by waiving excess-baggage fees for couriers carrying cash-filled suitcases to the UAE.
- The court heard some funds were declared on arrival in Dubai before being paid into local bank accounts, with undeclared runs said to push the total toward £30 million.
- Jurors were shown videos and messages prosecutors say depict Rauf flaunting designer goods and undergoing cosmetic breast surgery allegedly funded by commissions.
- Evidence described missing money, a reported £406,500 theft from Rauf's car, a lie-detector demand, and shots fired at her family's home in Hale.
- Co-defendants Ben Royle and Sheikh Jobe have pleaded guilty to money laundering, the alleged ringleader is believed to be in Dubai, and Rauf denies the charges as the trial continues.