The criminal organization smuggling cigarettes allegedly involved 38 individuals and 21 legal entities, including shipping companies.
The money laundering authority, which is continuing its investigation into circuit of production and trafficking of smuggled cigarettes that was dismantled two months ago.
The independent authority’s investigation revealed that from 2018-2026 the circuit compensated the Greek publicannually 1 billion euros, using “ghost” companies and issuing fictitious invoices and false certificates.
By order of the head of the authority for money laundering Charalambos Vourliotis, the following were seized:
42 properties throughout Greece. These are mainly maisonettes and luxury properties, farmland and a hotel in the Peloponnese.
26 cars, most of them very expensive, such as Porsches, Land Rovers, trucks, trailers, caravans, etc.
7 boats of which two were offered for hire, three passenger boats and three tankers ( one of them is an oil tanker).
The criminal organisation, allegedly involved 38 natural persons and 21 legal entities. Including shipping companies. Ten of the 26 arrested persons have been taken to prison.
