The Berlin Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday, February 20, announced the disclosure of a large Russian-Eurasian money laundering network.
This, as European Pravda writes, reports DW.
According to the agency, we may be talking about illegal cash flows amounting to several tens of millions of euros, the true origin of which was hidden.
As part of this investigation, German investigators searched 58 residential and commercial premises in the federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg and Saxony. In addition, searches were also carried out in Latvia and Malta – with the support of local investigators, Eurojust and Europol. During the searches, business documents, electronic storage media and mobile phones were seized.
There are 11 defendants in the case, ranging in age from 31 to 58, with no other details provided. According to the investigation, no later than July 2021, they created a network of companies based on a Maltese financial institution, with numerous front managers, in order to engage in money laundering. Investigators believe that the group operated primarily from Berlin and Riga.
It is known that one accused has already been detained in Brandenburg – a 53-year-old man. Funds in eight Maltese accounts were frozen.
Parallel investigative actions in Latvia and Germany in this case were facilitated by the creation of a joint German-Latvian investigation team (Joint Investigation Team) in December 2023.
Let us recall that in France, a luxury villa on the Cote d’Azur, associated with Gazprom, was confiscated as part of an investigation into money laundering.
Estonia calls on the European Union to confiscate more than 150 billion euros of frozen Russian assets until the end of the year in order to catch up with the US elections.
Read also: Confiscation challenges: what will help Ukraine achieve the transfer of Russian assets.
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2024-02-21 06:33:44
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