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Algerian organized crime and money laundering crackdown

Overview

Algerian authorities, through the Central Service for the Fight Against Organized Crime, dismantled a major criminal network involved in forgery, tax fraud, and money laundering. The operation resulted in the arrest of 25 individuals and the recovery of 23 billion centimes.

The network utilized more than 400 fictitious commercial registries to conduct fake transactions and move funds outside legal channels. These activities caused estimated damages to the public treasury exceeding 9,200 billion centimes. Seized assets included trucks, passenger vehicles, stamps, and various administrative documents. The suspects have been referred to the Economic and Financial Criminal Pole of the Algiers Prosecutor's Office.

Entities

Zinder Inter-regional Judicial Police · Algiers Prosecutor's Office · Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale · Zinder · Central Service for the Fight Against Organized Crime

Timeline

  1. [CRIME] 4 sources
    Algerian authorities dismantle large-scale money laundering network

    Algerian security services dismantled a criminal network involved in tax fraud and money laundering, recovering 23 billion centimes and arresting 25 individuals.

  2. [CRIME] 3 sources
    Police dismantle criminal networks in Zinder and Algiers

    Police in Niger and Algeria have dismantled significant criminal networks, targeting nighttime theft gangs in Zinder and a massive money laundering and counterfeiting ring in Algiers.

Sources

algerie360.com · anp.ne · fr.awras.com · r-freenews.com · sunuker.com · tsa-algerie.com · union.sonapresse.com