15 people “strongly indicted” for various crimes were detained. Organization used the national and international banking system.
They were 15 people detained strongly accused of committing crimes of criminal association, money laundering, qualified fraud and computer fraud.
This criminal association, controlled from the foreigner and by citizens Angolans e Brazilians, managed to move around 30 million eurosillegally.
The Judiciary Police, which carried out this “Almocreve” operation, explains that this group provides a “money laundering service” to other criminal structures.
These structures paid a taxa – which amounted to half of the total value to be laundered. The organization created chains of cascading accounts, domiciled in several countries and held by different people, ensuring the “clean” return of illicit profits.
Until now, they have been identified injured of around 2.5 million euros. The majority are European societies.
41 were carried out searches household and non-household services in various parts of the country: Porto, Castelo de Paiva, Leiria, Entroncamento, Loures, Odivelas, Seixal, Barreiro and Montijo.
In these searches, two high-end vehicles were seized, around 220 thousand euros in cash, various documentation related to the facts investigated, IT material, bank cards and telecommunications cards.
A man was arrested in flagrante delicto for the crime of drug trafficking; 15 defendants were named.
