Hungarian security services have stopped the activities of a criminal group involved in money laundering and document forgery, its activities spanning 31 countries in Australia, Europe and South America.
According to Europol (European Police), which supported the operation, 24 houses were searched during the raid, 5 people were arrested, 16 people were detained for questioning. Assets were also seized in Australia and 31 countries in Europe and South America, including a luxury car, large amounts of electronic equipment, mobile phones, SIM cards, data storage devices, credit cards, weapons, ammunition, jewelery and cash among others. another money. . It costs 120,000 Euros.
According to the investigation, members of the group established a large number of companies not engaged in any economic activity and opened several bank accounts on behalf of these companies to launder the proceeds of crime. The group has been involved in illegal activities since September 2020 and laundered at least 44m euros.
A total of 44 people participated in the group, 10 of them were organizers and 34 were moderators. As a rule, intermediaries are representatives of the most vulnerable categories of the population, who provided their personal data (for setting up companies, opening accounts and conducting transactions) in exchange for minimal compensation. In some cases, they also collaborated with criminals to withdraw and transfer funds.
Source: TASS
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