A quick Google shows a number of streamers who have been convicted and whilst they also have been charged with crimes associated with the revenue, i.e. laundering or fraudulant accounts which one would expect......none have been shown to have been funding other serious crimes. Maybe some do have...
You have answered your own question.
This whole 1000 houses thing just strikes me as a bit odd, for many reasons. And now we have a serious organised crime back-story. I need a bit more convincing that what has been presented so far.
I‘m now wondering how this will play out, as I see it there’s 3 outcomes
1) Police don’t actually go through with this
2) Police go through with it but don’t catch many people.
3) Police go through with it and catch a significant number of people.
1) or 2) and the police look stupid. 3) is...