“By paying a fee that could reach 50% of the amount to be laundered, the organization created chains of cascading accounts, domiciled in several countries and held by different people, ensuring the ‘clean’ return of illicit proceeds”details the note.
Of the 30 million euros identified associated with the organization, 2.5 million euros correspond to losses caused to already identified victims and injured parties, the majority of which are companies based in Europe.
Among the 19 arrested, 18 are suspected of committing criminal acts and another was charged with drug trafficking. Regarding coercive measures, ten detainees were placed in preventive detention; three were prohibited from leaving the country and contacting the other defendants, and were also subject to weekly presentations; and four were subject to an Identity and Residence Term.
As part of the same operation, two people were also arrested in Spain and one in France, in compliance with European arrest warrants.
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