Officials of the Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate are preparing to get the Swiss bank lockers of Pune horse owner Hasan Ali opened. Allegations are flying thick and fast that Hasan is acting as a front man for a host of politicians, industrialists and film financiers and laundering money.
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Swiss bank lockers : where people keep their money and documents for safe keeping.
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"a host of" in this context is "many"
many politicians, industrialists and film financiers >> look up these words in your dictionary.
laundering money - financial transactions designed to hide the source of money, used by criminals.