Police raids across Bucharest in Operation Jupiter 6, over 300 searches
Authorities target alleged crimes including tax evasion and money laundering, with damages over 46.9 million lei.
Prosecutors and Romanian police carried out more than 300 raids in Bucharest and several counties as part of the second day of Operation Jupiter 6.
The action on Tuesday, 3 November, involved 67 operational activities, investigating a wide range of offences including tax evasion, smuggling, money laundering, embezzlement, fraud, aggravated theft, extortion, and blackmail.
Investigators also pursued allegations covering threats, robbery, forgery and use of forged documents, counterfeiting, abuse in office, corruption-related crimes, and violations of rules on weapons and ammunition. The probe includes trafficking in toxic substances, illegal poaching, illegal logging, and theft of trees, along with offences under forestry and waste regulations.
Authorities said quantified damage so far exceeds 46,972,256 lei and 289,417 US dollars, with additional losses expected to be established during the course of the investigations.
During the raids, prosecutors executed warrants to bring suspects in for questioning. Another focus of the operation was to identify criminal proceeds, freeze assets, and put protective measures in place to support recovery of the alleged proceeds and compensation for the harm caused.
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CugetLiber.ro