Suspects mostly accused of money-laundering, criminal tax evasion, fraud, drug crime and mafia-type criminal association
Belgian prosecutors said police raided more than 20 addresses as part of the three-year-long investigation, code-named Eureka, which was run by national organised crime squads in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain with the pan-European Eurojust and Europol agencies.
In Germany, the raids focused on targets in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Thuringia, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, whose interior minister, Michael Ebling, claimed had dealt an “effective blow” against organised crime. Police taskforces in each state were supported by special units from the German federal government and other states as well as officers from the customs and tax investigation departments, the DPA news agency reported.
Bavarian authorities said they had been investigating a woman and seven men, all Italian nationals aged between 25 and 48, since July 2020. The Munich-based group was suspected of involvement in financing cocaine smuggling and money-laundering.
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