Eight people were indicted, seven of whom were taken into custody.
Fourteen people, suspected of being part of a work network hidden in the construction industry and of money laundering in an organized gang, were arrested on Tuesday, relates The Parisian Friday.
Eight people were placed under examination, including seven directly detained with a committal warrant at the end of the week. According to our colleagues, the preliminary investigation lasted nine months and revealed this money laundering network, via real estate acquisitions and international flows.
Real estate was seized for a value of more than 3.6 million euros, nearly 1.3 million euros in bank accounts, as well as eight vehicles, the Pontoise prosecutor said on Twitter.
More than 100 gendarmes, four dog teams, investigators from the Unit for the Fight against Illegal Work and Fraud (CELTIF 95) and the Air Transport Research Section (SRTA) carried out this operation between Île-de- France and Pas-de-Calais.
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