In North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen, more than a thousand emergency services have been involved in a large-scale operation against organized crime since early Wednesday morning.
According to the Dusseldorf police, police officers, tax investigators and employees of the public prosecutor’s office searched more than 80 houses, apartments, offices and shops. Ten suspects were arrested on the basis of arrest warrants.
According to the information, special forces are also involved in the operation. Evidence and illegal assets were secured during the large-scale operation. The measures are still ongoing.
The mission is for members of an international network for money laundering and so-called hawala money transfers. This involves transfers of large sums of money away from traditional banking channels, especially to Turkey and Arab countries.
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the “Bild” newspaper also reported suspicions of terrorist financing in connection with the raids, which the authorities initially did not confirm.
A joint press conference between the central and contact point for the prosecution of organized crimes in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Düsseldorf police, located at the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office, was announced for the afternoon. (AFP)
