{"id":33537,"date":"2020-12-17T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33537"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:32","slug":"23-suspects-detained-in-spain-over-laundering-funds-linked-to-the-russian-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/23-suspects-detained-in-spain-over-laundering-funds-linked-to-the-russian-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Suspects Detained in Spain Over Laundering Funds Linked to the &#8216;Russian Mafia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Spanish police, together with Europol, detained suspects in laundering funds of the &#8216;Russian mafia&#8217;. During searches, in addition to \u20ac300,000 in cash, diamonds and cars, law enforcement found cryptocurrency wallets, reported on <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.policia.es\/prensa\/20201216_1.html\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">the Spanish Police website<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The investigation began in 2013. It found that &#8216;the Russian mafia intensified its activity in Spain, using it as a starting point for laundering money for criminal organizations from the countries of the former Soviet Union&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">According to the report, members of the group invested proceeds from illicit activity in various sectors, including restaurants, nightclubs and real estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">They also bribed officials and &#8216;built a powerful network in the Spanish administration, achieving perfect penetration into the country&#8217;s institutions, to run their business with impunity&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As a result, police detained 23 suspects, including residents of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Spain, according to <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20201216\/mafiya-1589507111.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">RIA Novosti<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">During the searches, law enforcement found weapons, cash, 16 &#8216;luxury cars&#8217;, safes and wallets with cryptocurrency. Bank accounts with assets worth millions of euros were also blocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Police noted that this is the largest operation against the &#8216;mafia from Eastern Europe&#8217; in the last ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Spanish police arrested a Dutch citizen of Colombian origin, suspected <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/dutch-colombian-cartel-member-arrested-in-spain-over-e6m-cryptocurrency-laundering\">in laundering \u20ac6 million<\/a> using cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier in October, as part of an international operation by Europol <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/europol-reports-20-arrests-in-cryptocurrency-enabled-money-laundering-case\">arrested<\/a> 20 suspects in laundering funds using cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish police, together with Europol, detained suspects in laundering funds of the &#8216;Russian mafia&#8217;. 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