18 april 2021
17:27
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On Monday, the trial will start in Brussels against a criminal organization that specializes in vehicle fraud. The federal prosecutor’s office is prosecuting in the file 79 suspects who allegedly made more than 1,000 victims and stole 6.5 million euros.
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For the trial, which takes place in the new court ‘Justitia’ on the old NATO site in Haren, Brussels, four sessions per week are planned until the end of June.
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According to the federal prosecutor’s office, the perpetrators usually acted in the same way. They contacted people who put their car up for sale and suggested buying it. The so-called buyers were not difficult about the price and paid for the car with an app on their smartphone, or showed a forged bank transfer receipt. Only after a few days did the victims discover that they had been cheated and that the money had never been deposited into their bank account. The sellers had long since disappeared, and the car was shipped abroad.
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On May 7, 2019, the criminal organization was arrested when more than 1,200 agents of the federal and local police raided during some 200 searches in Brussels and the Charleroi area, as well as in France. The searches mainly took place in camps of caravan dwellers and the police arrested about 50 people and seized 90 caravans, 91 cars, 34 buildings, jewelery, 23 luxury watches and 1 million euros, in addition to an automatic weapon. , various small arms and several rifles.
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