The Authority for Money Laundering froze assets -42 properties, 26 cars, 7 boats- of persons who participated in a ring of production and trafficking of smuggled cigarettes, which was dismantled in February and cost the state €1 billion since 2018.
Among the properties are included a hotel, villas, maisonettes, but also a factory in Aspropyrgos where the processing of the cigarettes was taking place.
Among the vehicles that were seized there were also luxury ones, such as Porsche and Land Rover, as well as trucks, trailers and motorhomes. At the same time, among the 7 boats, the 3 were tankers (the two container transport and one oil transport). Bank accounts and safety deposit boxes were also frozen.
Among those arrested are also two brothers, who are alleged to be the leaders of the ring, with code names “President” and “Putin”.
In the criminal organization participated 38 natural persons and 21 legal entities, among them also shipping companies.
Among those arrested are also two brothers who had the code names “President” and “Putin” and who are alleged to have been the leaders of the ring of production and trafficking of smuggled cigarettes.
A leading role had at least four other persons, who are connected with one family, while the rest operated as accomplices or their “satellites”. The laundering of the dirty money was taking place, among other things, through “ghost” companies, fictitious invoices, false certificates etc.
Πηγές: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, News 247
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