In Spain, 14 members of a criminal network have been eliminated

Police in Spain, jointly with Europol efforts to dismantle a network that allegedly laundered money derived from organized crime. The corresponding statement was published on the website of the Spanish agency on February 19.

It is noted that 14 people were detained, who provided services to launder several million euros a month for criminal groups from Albania, Serbia, Armenia, China, Ukraine, Colombia and Mokromafia (criminal organizations consisting of persons mainly of Moroccan origin).

According to the statement, the group had offices in various cities in Spain. Each of the offices was run by a "cashier" who conducted daily cash transactions that sometimes reached €300,000.

The investigation began in 2023. It is specified that the activities of the criminal organization spread in various countries such as the Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania and Italy.

On January 30, it was reported that officers of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan suppressed the activities of a transnational criminal group that supplied more than 300 firearms and ammunition from the United States to Russia.