“When we get to you we will come for you, for your assets and we will make the environment that you live in difficult,” he said.

Speaking of Russian involvement, Wallace highlighted the so-called Laundromat case in which ghost companies — many based in Britain — were used to launder Russian money through Western banks.

“What we know from the Laundromat expose is that certainly there have been links to the (Russian) state. The government’s view is that we know what they are up to and we are not going to let it happen any more,” Wallace said.

“Beneath the gloss there is real nastiness,” he said of international crime lords.

“We are going to go after these iconic individuals, whether they are known about in their local community or known about internationally.”

UWOs allow the British authorities to freeze and recover property if individuals are unable to explain how they acquired assets in excess of £50,000.

Wallace said that a lawmaker from a country where MPs do not receive big salaries, who suddenly buys a luxury townhouse in central London, would have to prove how they paid for it.

“We will seize that asset, we will dispose of it and we will use the proceeds to fund our law enforcement,” he said.

“I have put pressure on the law enforcement agencies to use them (UWOs) soon.”

A Nigerian-British male model, Harry Uzoka, has been stabbed to death at his home on Old Oak Road, East Acton, United Kingdom.

Uzoka, who was with Premier Model Management, died from a single stab wound on Friday.

The 25-year-old staggered into the street from a housing estate before collapsing.

Speaking to British media, Detective Inspector Beverley Kofi said: “This is another tragic murder with a young male victim who has met a violent death.

“We believe that the incident started at Ollgar House, in Ollgar Close and the victim was assaulted and stabbed before staggering and collapsing in Old Oak Road.

“We believe there were a number of people involved, but we are still working to establish the circumstances and a possible motive.

“We have made two arrests and continue to pursue a number of lines of inquiry. We need the public’s help to piece together what happened — who the victim was seen with, the incident itself and the immediate aftermath.”