Money Laundering as a Service: Authorities Report Blow to Gold Smugglers
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For years, a gang of drug money is said to have turned into gold bars and moved to Turkey. Now click the handcuffs during a cross-border raid. A simple traffic control in Bavaria tracked down the suspects.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
A German criminal gang is suspected of having smuggled gold on a large scale. The German Public Prosecution Service believes this was intended to launder criminal money. Three people were arrested on Wednesday, but there are more than twenty suspects in total. Buildings were searched near Rotterdam and in Friesland on Wednesday, as well as at approximately forty locations in Germany.
A gang is said to have bought old gold for years with dirty money and then melted it into bars. In searches in several federal states there were also three arrests.
In a large-scale operation targeting an organized crime network with alleged links to Türkiye in Germany and the Netherlands, 40 addresses were raided. The investigation focuses on the alleged transport of approximately 4 tons of gold to Türkiye and money laundering activities.
International investigations are also taking place in North Rhine-Westphalia against alleged money-launderers who are said to have brought gold to Turkey.
COLOGNE/ROTTERDAM (ANP) - A German criminal gang is suspected of having smuggled gold on a large scale. The German Public Prosecution Service believes this was intended to launder criminal money. Three people were arrested on Wednesday, but there are more than twenty suspects in total. Near Rotterdam and in Fr...
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