This European Prosecutor’s Office It arrested 17 people this Tuesday during a large operation coordinated by the Madrid office against a criminal organization allegedly originating from Spain and carried out simultaneously in eight countries. would have organized a massive scam VAT 25 million euros through the sale of mobile phones and other electronic equipment.
Arrests were made for the first time. by the European public ministry in Spain. The detainees were referred to the National Court by the court from which they were taken. The head of the Central Investigation Court No. 4 acts as a security judge, José Luis Calama, EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA from the Prensa Ibérica group was informed by legal sources. One of the main suspects in the investigation was arrested in Milan (Italy) as part of another investigation conducted by the European Prosecutor’s Office, in which over 40 million euros were involved.
during operation 39 recordings made for ‘Marengo Rosso’ 17 people were arrested in many countries with the device developed simultaneously. Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and Spain Under the coordination of Madrid.
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Because they are exempt from Value Added Tax, they are accused of committing a VAT carousel fraud allegedly taking advantage of EU rules on cross-border transactions between member states. used to process Shell companies ostensibly in different countries where they would trade phones, tablets, computers and other electronic devicesWith fictitious invoices to avoid paying VAT.
A chain of front companies would also allow Requesting VAT refunds to which they may not be entitled from national tax authoritiesthus also generating enormous proportions of allegedly illegal benefits.
products have been sold very competitive prices through markets online in several countries and the proceeds would be laundered and reinvested in high value real estate in different countries. Czechia, Italy and Portugalaccording to the procedures.
Twenty records in Spain
In Spain, research focused on: crime syndicate, crimes against the Treasury and money laundering. 20 entries and searches were made at different addresses and company headquarters in the provinces. Madrid, Barcelona, Castellón, Valencia, Valladolid, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and Pontevedra9 people were arrested and 4 people are being investigated.
The searches carried out by the agents of the Central Operations Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) were also joined by EUROPOL agents, who sent a mobile office and technical vehicles to Spain to support the work. computer dump and cloning of compromised devices.
UC’s Department of Economic Research and Anti-Corruption confiscated a large number of documents and computer devices related to the facts investigated.