The accused is involved in drug smuggling of 1.5 billion dirhams
Dubai Police arrested an international gang leader in an operation that affected 20 international suspects
Denis Matushi is wanted by the Italian authorities.
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The gang specialized in drug trafficking between South America and Europe.
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Dubai Police arrested an international criminal named Denis Matushi, (Albany), one of the leaders of the Cross-border organized criminal Campania Bello, which is involved in drug trafficking and the implementation of smuggling operations between South America and Europe, valued at 350 million euros (about one billion and 523 million dirhams).
Dubai Police arrested the gang leader wanted by the Italian authorities on charges of "criminal complicity, and leading a gang of drug trafficking at an international level", in an operation called "Operation Los Blancos", and contributed to the ouster of 20 wanted gang leaders, last Tuesday, in an hour One zero, after the Red Notice was issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), to arrest the gang leaders, including the gang leader in Dubai.
The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, affirmed the Dubai Police Command's keenness to participate in combating all forms of transnational organized crime and arresting the perpetrators, as well as working to develop relations between the UAE and various countries of the world in the field of combating organized crime, to create societies. Free from narcotic toxins and arms trafficking.
He said that the arrest of the gang leader came after following up on his movements from the General Department of Investigations and Criminal Investigation, based on information exchanged with the Italian authorities.
For his part, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansoori, stated that the "Los Blancos" operation was carried out in zero hour, which was agreed upon with the police services in 10 countries, to oust 20 wanted gang leaders in one fell swoop. Italy, Albania, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the Netherlands, the Emirates and Britain.
He pointed out that through the exchange of information with the Italian authorities and "Interpol" regarding a gang leader in Dubai, a working group of officers and members of the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Investigations was formed, represented by the Wanted Department for Research and Investigation, and the officers working in the Criminal Data Analysis Center to follow up His movements.
Colonel Saeed Al Qamzi, Director of the Wanted Department in the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation, said that according to the mutual cooperation and coordination between Dubai Police and the Italian Police to monitor international wanted persons and pass information between the two sides, the work teams worked on harnessing the latest artificial intelligence techniques in the Criminal Data Analysis Center that contributed In determining his place of residence and following up his activities, up to zero hour to set it after the issuance of the Red Notice.
He added that Denis Matushi is wanted by the Italian authorities, for being the leader of an organized criminal gang to promote drugs, and that he, along with other gang leaders, was able to bring, smuggle and transport hundreds of tons of drugs to Europe, via seaports, and sell them to users.
Al-Qamzi pointed out that the Italian authorities followed this gang, which was working jointly in three groups, called (Minya), (Jimmy) and (Riti), and each group had more than one leader, and carried its own slogans and symbols.
He added that the gang leaders were using modern programs to communicate with each other during the transport and smuggling of narcotic poisons, and they were running their organized crime between South America and Europe, indicating that "Interpol" set one zero hour between the various countries participating in the "Los Blancos" operation, and its leaders were overthrown. Last Tuesday.
Misleading the security authorities
The Italian security authorities have expressed their appreciation to the UAE, and the Ministry of the Interior, represented by the Dubai Police General Command, for the speedy arrest of Denis Matushi, who is considered one of the most dangerous leaders of the gang operating in three interconnected groups to smuggle drugs between South America and Europe via seaports.
She indicated that the gang that has more than one leader to mislead the security authorities and ensure the continuity of their work have been pursued, followed up, and information gathered about them by two anti-drug work teams in the Florence city police, and the management of rapid intervention teams since 2015.
She emphasized the exceptional role of Dubai Police in combating organized crime and arresting its perpetrators, in cooperation with various police agencies around the world and the "INTERPOL" organization, in order to prevent the spread of these crimes that threaten the security of societies.
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