Saturday, July 23, 2016

Spain dismantles alleged international arms trafficking network – Prensa Latina

July 23, 2016, 8:43 Madrid, July 23 (PL) The Spanish National Police arrested nine people on the island of Ibiza, for his alleged membership an international organization dedicated to arms trafficking and extortion, an official statement said today.

 Among those arrested a local agent and the leader of the criminal network, a billionaire and Polish exmilitar accredited as diplomatic representative with a passport from Guinea Bissau invalid, said the Civil Guard.

The ringleader installed at home a plate with which implied that was internationally protected as consular territory of that African country.

according to the police report, the detainee had a business network with which it allegedly engaged in arms trafficking as well as a vast network of international contacts.

He even used a presidential plane Gambia to sell weapons and military equipment to South Sudan, in permanent conflict, detailed text.

a that nation provided by one of the Polish companies more than 200,000 assault rifles AK-47s, rocket launchers and military tanks, provided the statement said.

His criminal activity also was to extort men Spanish business, who threatened to intimidate them.

this had the support of a Dutch citizen, a member of another criminal organization that country, who in turn responsible to third persons executing extortions .

Among those arrested was a police officer in Ibiza, famous tourist island in the Mediterranean, hypothetically provided information and conducted negotiations on behalf of the head of the network in exchange for financial compensation, the source added.

the investigations began in 2012, when agents detected in Ibiza a man with a high standard of living that had a diplomatic passport from Guinea Bissau, with whom he was posing as economic adviser to the prime minister that country.

the bandleader had several private bodyguards and obsessed with security, points out the note, turned his mansion into a fortress with sophisticated security systems in order to avoid possible police action .

As part of the device, the researchers, with the support of the Special Operations Group raided several homes in Ibiza and companies in Germany and Switzerland in coordination with Europol, security institution of the European Union.

rc / edu

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