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Agents of the Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with EUROPOL, have destroyed a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering using the "Hawala" method.
A total of 27 people were arrested in several provinces such as Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Valencia, Alicante and Barcelona, and during the controls, 615,000 euros in cash, as well as watches and jewelry worth more than 400,000 euros, were seized. The organization, run by Albanian citizens, supported various international organizations to launder illegally obtained funds to facilitate payments for drug trafficking.
The investigation began as a result of criminal intelligence reports sent by Europol, thanks to which it became possible to identify an organization composed of citizens of Albanian origin, dedicated to the trafficking of narcotics, mainly the planting of marijuana crops in closed premises , and that together with citizens of Chinese origin, had formed a complex structure in which both groups enjoyed mutual advantages and benefits derived from the criminal activities with which they were involved.
During the investigation, the agents were able to verify how in this structure Chinese nationals sent large sums of money to their businesses, in exchange for this amount to be offset elsewhere, with the ultimate goal of that money arriving in the country of origin without being subject to control corresponding legal or formal in Spain. On the other hand, the Albanian "havaladars", functioning as a banking entity, carried out the "transfer" and concealment of large sums of money from the sale of drugs and received the refinancing of new operations.
The investigators were able to discover that at the head of the criminal structure were two Albanian citizens, one who acted as a manager and the other as a lieutenant and accountant. At least as of 2018, they had two coordinators of Chinese origin who allegedly managed a large "portfolio" of numerous Asian institutions spread throughout the national territory, with which they serviced the money demands of criminal organizations of dedicated to drug trafficking anytime and anywhere. they needed Businesses operated in the same way regardless of their location, collecting large sums of money that were sent to drug traffickers in exchange for financial compensation, using as a security measure a TOKEN, which usually coincided with the store count, a bill worth low nominal.
65.5 million euros in cash transfers in less than a year
During the investigated period between May 2020 and March 2021, continuous and numerous cash transfers were made to Albanian criminal organizations, in a total value of almost 65.5 million euros, in the provinces of Barcelona , Malaga, Valencia, Madrid, Seville and Alicante.
As part of the investigation, they managed to discover that some of those arrested visited a "groëshop" establishment and that they then carried out control visits to a single house in a municipality of Madrid, in which three people were arrested and almost 65 kilograms of drugs. On the other hand, the head of the organization, of Albanian origin, was arrested as responsible for the criminal offense of hostage-taking, wounding and illegal possession of weapons, after he had kidnapped one of the "havaladers". After the investigators found the members of the criminal organization, an operation was carried out that led to the arrest of 27 people in the provinces of Alicante (1), Barcelona (6), Madrid (7), Málaga (7), Seville (2) and Valencia (1) ). During the control, 615 thousand euros in cash, ten luxury watches worth over 400 thousand euros, two high-end vehicles, cash counting machines,
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