Earlier this month, four men were arrested in an investigation into money laundering. The money laundering went through the purchase of large parties pallets and packaging. The houses of the foursome and a business premises in Zevenbergen were searched by the tax intelligence and investigation service (FIOD). Various meat and pallet companies are also suspected of money laundering.
The four suspects come from Dordrecht and the Gelderse Ede and Oosterbeek. During the searches of their houses and the business premises, cars and 154,000 euros in cash were seized.
Fake company
A FIOD research team discovered that the pallet companies had transferred more than five million euros to another pallet company. But according to the investigation service, this company could not deliver so much money to pallets and packaging. The men then recorded the transferred money via ATMs.
The pallet companies probably also acted in stolen crates, with which, according to the FIOD, they have earned an estimated four million euros over the past four years.