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Essen (dpa / lnw) - More than 600 officials in several federal states have struck against a suspected gang of money launderers.
They are said to have created an illegal financial transfer system in order to smuggle “dirty” money into the legal financial cycle.
Real estate, expensive cars, luxury watches and gold have been confiscated, a spokeswoman for the customs investigation office in Essen reported on Wednesday.
Eight suspects were arrested.
The focus of the action was North Rhine-Westphalia.
There were also searches in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg and Berlin.
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