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A joint operation by Europol, the Dutch police and the Greek police made it possible to arrest Thanas Bako, 52, from Saranda, living in Athens.
"A well-known money launderer, who cleaned the dirty money of the biggest criminals in the world, was arrested on May 31 in Athens, Greece.
His arrest comes after a long investigation by the Dutch Police (Police) into the activities of this secretive banker operating in the Netherlands.
The man allegedly ran a criminal organization that laundered millions of euros on a monthly basis for criminals," Europol said in a statement.
This arrest was supported in the framework of the Operational Task Force "TOKEN" set up at Europol to target the networks that facilitate underground banking around the world.
The criminal organization trafficked on a daily basis, through an "underground" banking system using coded communications, large sums of money and it is estimated that for a period of about 10 months, sums of the order of 250 million euros were trafficked.
During the search carried out in the apartment of the arrested person, sums of money in banknotes originating from different countries were found and seized, including euros, US dollars, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Swiss francs, Turkish liras, United Emirates dirhams. South African Arab Rand.
Also confiscated were mobile phones, including a mobile phone used for encrypted conversations through special applications, a tablet, a digital disk and SIM cards.
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