Two people were arrested in Almeria following the collapse of a criminal network which sold vehicles to Europe using false documentation

The Civil Guard has demolished a criminal organization that was involved in illegal vehicle trafficking at European levels. It has already arrested 13 people, two of whom were in Almeria, one in Adra, and another in Norias de Daza. They are accused of crimes such as money laundering, fraud, forgery, public documents forgery, and reception. It operated in Madrid and Almeria as well as Murcia, Cordoba. Badajoz. Alicante. Ciudad Real. Guipuzcoa.

After the June 2020 arrests of Civil Guard agents in connection to an alleged crime, attempted murder, for a stabbing in Yunquera de Henares in Guadalajara, the first investigations into the 'Argutie Frein' operation have led to the dismantling this criminal group.

The Judicial Police Organic Unit at Guadalajara Civil Guard Command conducted investigations to establish the cause of the stabbing. It was revealed that the perpetrators were part a criminal organization that was involved in vehicle trafficking at an European level. .

The victim's home was home to eight people who lived in horrible living conditions with serious alcohol and drug addiction. The house was rented out by members of the group who offered them housing and other benefits in return for credit financing. Sales abroad, mainly in France and Belgium, Germany, Germany, and Romania.

Because of their close cooperation and constant exchange of information, it was discovered that Madrid Traffic agents were investigating the same criminal group. They had already arrested three people, and had recovered seven. stolen vehicles.

The vehicles were purchased by the organization through financial entities, without having to pay any legal fees. They falsified all documentation required to import the vehicles into Europe. Third parties purchased them in good faith, unaware of their illicit origin.

The vehicles were also rented out to others. They were usually transferred to France by a network that included collaborators.

Arrest of one accused / IDEAL

Finally, they seized vehicles stolen in France, which they later transferred to Spain. They were then given the appearance that they were legal by using false German documentation. This was confirmed by the thorough investigation of civil guards from the Traffic sector of Madrid.

The investigators claim that the criminal organization would have made more than three million euro from the sale of these vehicles.

Five house searches were conducted during the operation. Three in Almeria (specifically Las Norias de Daza), one in Cordoba, and one in Murcia. Ten people were arrested and extensive documentation was seized. At different points of the operation, three other people were also detained.

As of now, there are 89 different crimes that members of the group have been charged with. These include money laundering, money laundering, false public records, fraud, and receiving.

45 vehicles have also been intervened/identified that had been acquired by private individuals in good faith, their illicit origin being ignored, which have remained as depositories of the same and at the disposal of the competent Court in this investigation.