Arrested Today by police officers of the Criminal Crime Prosecution and the property of the Organized Crime Management Directorate, two Moldova nationalsaged 59 and 38 years, internationally persecuted with red ads by the Moldovan and Russian authoritiesrespectively.
The 59 -year -old is reportedly Vladimir Plachotniuk, who was a party leader in Moldova and was looking for a criminal organization, money laundering and fraud against the banking system, while the 38 -year -old, who is a close associate of Plahotnuki and was also a member Friday, trafficking or mission of drugs and psychotropic substances on an extremely large scale, with the categories including drug smuggling.
More specifically, as announced by ELAS, after evaluating information that came to the Directorate of International Police Cooperation of the Hellenic Police Headquarters, as part of a search for a possible irregular issuance of identity documents to a foreign person, it was found – through the 59 -year -old BioHub.
Immediately a special operational group of police officers were set up by the Division of Prosecution of Life and Ownership Crimes, from the investigation of the house where the 59 -year -old resided in the southern suburbs.
As it turned out, the 59 -year -old was staying with the 38 -year -old persecuted, who, in order to minimize the risk of their location, remained much of the day in the house. Characteristic of the precautionary measures they took was that, with their slightest suspicion of their monitoring, they were changing a country of residence.
As part of the operation, both were identified at Athens International Airport “El. Venizelos’, where they were immobilized with the assistance of the Airport authorities before leaving for a third country. When checking their data, it was found that they used fake identification documents, with alleged principles of issuing Bulgaria, Romania and Russia.
Physical research was followed, where the 59 -year -old found and confiscated:
• Travel documents of Bulgarian authorities depicting the same with different identity elements,
• the amount of € 2,670,
• Computer,
• 2 mobile phones and
• Numerous data storage (USB) digital media.
At the same time, the 38 -year -old was found and confiscated:
• Romanian authorities’ travel documents depicting the same with different identity elements,
• Long -term Romanian authorities with a photo depicting him, depicting him,
• Bulgarian authorities’ fake driving diploma with a photo depicting the 59 -year -old,
• the amount of $ 1,628 and $ 401 and
• 2 mobile phones.
From the subsequent investigation into the home they were staying, they found and seized:
• the amount of € 155,000,
• 17 fake passports and identities from various countries,
• Data Storage Devices (USB, SSD) with special security software,
• A number of mobile phones and computers,
• 4 luxurious brand watches, particularly high value and
• IXE This was used exclusively for his 59 -year -old commute.
As noted by ELAS, the 59-year-old is accused by the Moldovan authorities of leadership of a criminal organization (2009-2019) in order to undermine the Moldovan banking system and the embezzlement of more than 190 million euros by commercial banks, through a network of offshore companies. At the same time, in the period 2014-2020, it allegedly legalized revenue of illegal origin, transferring large sums of money from a state agency to a private company, through a network of a Network-founded network founded exclusively for this purpose.
Regarding the 38 -year -old, he was accused by Russia’s authorities of participating in June 2012 in a criminal organization operating in the international large -scale drug smuggling, carrying quantities through transnational routes.
The detainees will be referred to the competent prosecutors.