POLICE raided two Basingstoke homes as part of a multi-force crackdown on prostitution and money laundering.

Warrants were executed at properties in Crown Heights and Winterthur Way last Monday, after a lengthy investigation into money laundering and controlling prostitution.

Properties in Reading, Bracknell, Swindon and Skegness were also raided as part of the operation.

A 40-year-old woman from Reading was arrested and charged in connection with the raids and a 61-year-old woman was arrested and bailed.