Colombian-Lebanese Money Laundering Network Dismantled

Posted on July 4, 2011 • Filed under: Colombia, Drug Activity, Police/Military Activity

•A Colombian-Lebanese network that laundered money from cocaine activity has been dismantled.
•Europol and Eurojust have coordinated these operations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and France, and the Colombian National Police has participated as well.
•The capture of a Syrian man of Spanish citizenship traveling from Bordeux to Paris with 810,000 euros in cash with traces of cocaine began the search in March 2010.
•The money was meant for an individual by the initials Y.K.D., a Lebanese citizen in Germany, who was captured in November of that year in the Madrid-Barajas Airport.
•As a result of the investigations and operations, 7 people have been arrested, and authorities have seized documentation, 2.5 million euros in cash, and other objects involved in the network’s operations. Read Article

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