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thrive

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Registered: 2023-01-04

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10 gold traffickers were imprisoned.

Ten members of a criminal organization that engaged in the smuggling of gold and other precious goods as well as money laundering activities were detained in the early hours of June 15, 2023, as a result of a joint operation by law enforcement agencies in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. A complex money laundering scheme across Europe is allegedly used by the network to launder over 15 million euros in total. The operation, which took place in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, involved over 150 police officers.

Foundry for gold that is illegal has been found.
The ROS Carabinieri in Florence launched the operation's investigation in 2019, and it was conducted in close collaboration with Swiss and German law enforcement. The initial focus of the investigation was on a Greek national who had connections to an Iranian businessman engaged in international gold smuggling and money laundering schemes in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Turkey. Ten criminals from Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Iran operated in the gold industry as the network as a whole. Through intricate money laundering schemes, they used shell companies to conceal assets obtained illegally.

Members of the criminal organization procured gold and other precious goods on the black market, created fake documentation for them, and then used couriers to ship them to Türkiye, their final destination. Investigators in Zurich came across a room that had been transformed into an illegal foundry where gold was melted to conceal its illicit origin.

international law enforcement and judicial cooperation that is close.
In a joint investigation team led by Eurojust, this investigation was carried out with close judicial and police cooperation. Europol assisted the investigation by providing intelligence, carrying out numerous cross-checks and creating cross-match reports, hosting operational and coordination meetings, and facilitating information sharing via SIENA. Additionally, the joint operation was supported by the EU-funded Project ISF4 @ON, an Italian-led initiative to combat organized crime groups with mafia-like characteristics that operate in Europe.

authorities that are taking part:.

• In Italy, there are two public prosecutors' offices: the Procura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di Milano and the ROS Carabinieri Florence (Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale Carabinieri Firenze).
• Germany: Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen (German State Criminal Police Office North Rhine-Westphalia).
• Switzerland: Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland; Federal Office of Police fedpol (Federal Criminal Investigation Police).

Crpuss

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Registered: 2023-06-16

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Re: 10 gold traffickers were imprisoned.

This crazy, but what's meant by gold trafficking why not buy it out as a property, I am more familiar with human trafficking, I don't know that gold also can be trafficked.