On 21 November, an organised crime group specialised in money laundering, whose members were active in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Morocco, was dismantled.An investigative judge at the Court of Marseille had been investigating since 2015 the activities of this complex structure involved in transporting the proceeds from drug trafficking, and estimated that at least EUR 300 million had already been laundered. The drugs were sold in France, where the profits were collected and then transported to Belgium and the Netherlands. The criminals’ modus operandi involved the use of cash couriers traveling by car, who would pick up the proceeds from drug trafficking throughout western Europe (collection rate of over EUR 1 million per month) and transport the cash to Belgium and the Netherlands.
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