In an action in a money laundering case, NSK seized at least five million kroner in cash on Tuesday.
At least five million kroner in cash.
That’s what the police found on Tuesday during searches of a total of six addresses in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Sweden. The money was found in both Danish kroner and foreign currency.
This is reported by the National Unit for Serious Crime (NSK) to Ritzau.
In connection with the operation, the special police unit has arrested two men and a woman and charged them with money laundering of at least 13 million kroner.
According to the police, the money was laundered through beauty clinics. The police do not provide details on how the process was carried out.
With money laundering, criminals try to disguise that money actually comes from crime or illegal work where no taxes have been paid.
The accused are two men, aged 34 and 36 respectively. The woman is 64 years old.
The searches in Denmark were carried out in cooperation with the Danish Patient Safety Agency, the Danish Medicines Agency and the Danish Tax Agency. The searches in Sweden were carried out in cooperation with the Swedish police.
The arrested persons will be produced in a constitutional hearing on Wednesday at the Court in Aarhus. This is done with a view to remand in custody.
The prosecutor will request that the hearing be held behind closed doors. Closing doors often happens because the police want to keep evidence secret for the sake of the ongoing investigation. For example, if accomplices may be at large.
The case originates from the Operational Danish Information and Intelligence Network – also known as the ODIN cooperation. It is a collaboration between public authorities and private actors covered by the Money Laundering Act.
Morten Vegger, deputy police inspector at NSK, says that there has been an extensive investigation.
“I am satisfied that after an extensive investigation and strong cooperation with the authorities, we have been able to make arrests in the case.”
“It is our opinion that the arrested persons have contributed to the laundering of at least 13 million kroner,” he says in a press release.
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