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Big thread in Brussels: ten arrests and more than a million euros seized in a criminal funding file

Big thread in Brussels: ten arrests and more than a million euros seized in a criminal funding file
Big thread in Brussels: ten arrests and more than a million euros seized in a criminal funding file
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The ten people arrested are charged with the head of participation in a criminal organization and money laundering, as well as, for some of them, false and use of false in scriptures. “”The investigating judge has placed four under arrest warrants, including an accountant. The other six accused were released, 5 under conditions and another simply“, Specifies the prosecution.

The “compensation” technique

According to the prosecution, the suspects would have used a “compensation” technique allowing criminals with cash, notably from drug trafficking to cooperate with companies seeking species to pay unconcluded workers. As a compensation, these managers, under cover of false invoices, would have made bank transfers for amounts equivalent to accounts in Belgium or abroad for the benefit of criminals.

The alleged criminal organization would have generated illegal capital of 54 million euros since 2020, transferred via screens companies led by straw men, said the prosecution.

The alleged leader of the criminal organization took refuge in Dubai and is actively sought.

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