Sunday, October 03, 2010

http://ffog.net/accused-of-money-launderer-for-the-farc-arrested-20102898.html

National Police have arrested several provinces to 41 people for an alleged crime of laundering more than 200 million euros from drug trafficking to finance the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), police sources said Wednesday. The operation was carried out by the Economic Crime Unit and the Prosecutor (UDEF) of the Judicial Police Commissioner-General and three arrests were made last Thursday in Alicante and Petrer, according to this newspaper said sources close to the case. Bleached 200 million came from drug sales across Europe.

Two of those arrested in the province today will trial in the police courts of Alicante, Elda, while the third person caught was released after appearing as reported in police stations. The remaining arrests were made in Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza.

The three arrested in the province are of Colombian origin who allegedly remitted money to their country or the head of the organization in Spain came from drug trafficking activities, but apparently they were not directly involved in distributing cocaine and acted as pins, providing their identity when making remittances by enterprises.

Sources close to the case indicated that one of the three people detained in the province of Alicante allegedly made shipments worth more than a million euros, while the other two sent a number far lower. In all three records made by the police in the province was not located any major item of money, although copious documentation seized allegedly shows remittances.

The Central Court of Instruction No. 5 of the Audiencia Nacional, which is owned by Paul Ross in place of Baltasar Garzón, coordinated the police operation and authorized 27 records.

The funds were sent to Colombia and Ecuador through transfers and research shows that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or some of its members could have been the recipients of the funds. Similarly, police in Colombia and Ecuador have launched operations in their respective countries in permanent contact with the Judicial Police Commissioner General has directed the operations.

The UDEF in August 2008 received information from the Executive Service for the Prevention of Money Laundering (SEPBLAC) warning of a very large increase in transfers from our country were made to Colombia and Ecuador, which did not fit the pattern typical of those engaged in by migrants remitted money to relatives in their country of origin. This suggested the use by criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking of certain management companies or their transfer agents to send to Colombia substantial amounts of money from cocaine sales in Spain. Months later the police of Colombia reported that it had found that one of the beneficiaries of the turns analyzed was related to the arrest of five guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Seize the network more than 150,000 euros and 250 kilos of cocaine

During the investigation have different amounts of drug involved, highlighting a seizure of 250 kilograms of cocaine carried out in Belgium in June. Also, police dogs, detection specialists participated in the operation notes and located more than 150,000(?) that were hidden. In addition, the National Police have led to court orders a total of 20 banks and 10 records of the Spanish Property and Personal Property Registries requesting blocking balances to be determined in the investigation. PC