Seven people arrested in Moldova for contraband and money laundering
Moldovans from a criminal group, specialized in money (euro) contraband and laundering, were arrested by Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cause (PCCOCS). The group was made out of six citizens of Moldova, natives from the Southern part and a Syrian boy.
According to prosecutors, the money were stolen from ATMs from European countries and then taken to Moldova through contraband, cleaned with SSD solution and then used.
As a result, multiple places from the Capital were searches, the suspects being caught while cleaning the back money. In one of the spots were found 17 000 euro, while in another were detected 900 euro.
At the moment, seven people are in custody for 30 days.
The law states that they risk to 10 years behind bars for contraband and to 7 years of imprisonment for money laundering.