A joint French–Italian investigation team has dismantled two linked organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in trafficking illicit drugs and large-scale money laundering. One of the networks laundered money for the other OCG and other criminals through an elaborate gold trading system.In a series of coordinated actions, 12 suspects were arrested and close to 100 kilos of pure gold bars were seized. Eurojust supported ajoint investigation team (JIT) into the related criminal networks.Read More
Criminal networks dismantled for drug trafficking and money laundering via trade in gold bars
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