Most of those arrested are linked to groups dedicated to drug trafficking in Campo de Gibraltar
The Civil Guard has arrested 34 people involved in money laundering from drug trafficking fruit of an operation developed during the last two years in Cantabria and in the Andalusian provinces of Malaga, Cadiz and Almeria.
The operation, called Praesleonhas concluded with the arrest of these people, most of them belonging to the groups dedicated to drug trafficking in Campo de Gibraltar and whose structures were closely linked and protected by the Los Castañas clan.
Also There are six legal entities and three commercial companies investigatedas reported this Friday by the Civil Guard in a statement, explaining that the value of the assets seized exceeds 14 million euros.
Specifically, they have been seized 40 properties, 42 vehicles, 54 bank accounts, three boats, two gyms, a beauty center, a clothing store, 40 pieces of jewelry and watches and 190,000 euros in cashin addition to weapons and many other belongings.
The 23 searches carried out have taken place in the Cadiz towns of La Línea de la Concepción and Algeciras, Marbella (Málaga), Almería and Torrelavega (Cantabria).
Investigators have identified all the members who made up the money laundering structures, with other people they trusted acting as front men.
In them they deposited fictitious ownership, in some cases instrumentalizing business activities with legal appearance and opaque commercial companies in order to hide their criminal origin.
The operation has managed to reconstruct the almost one hundred operations of purification, transformation and integration of drug trafficking money into the legal financial and commercial system, so that laundering occurred through real estate investments, purchase of vehicles and boats or buying lottery coupons. awarded to third parties.
This money obtained was injecting into bank accounts to contract profitable financial products or to finance businesses or economic activities such as gyms, taxi licenses, beauty and fashion salons or maritime fishing businesses, thus obtaining illegal money laundering.
This operation has been directed by the Special Anti-Drug Section of the Algeciras Area Prosecutor’s Office and carried out by the Civil Guard Commands of Malaga, Algeciras, Almería and Cantabria, mainly by their Organic Judicial Police Units and with the support of the Rapid Action Group (GAR).