Azerbaijani citizens suspected of smuggling $3 billion detained in Moscow

Employees of the Russian Interior Ministry Department of Economic Security arrested a gang for smuggling tens of billions of rubles abroad for two years, Russian agencies reported.

Huge sums of money was laundered and cashed by businesses that are open to nominees, press officer of the department Albert Istomin said.

"The staff of the Department of Economic Security of the Russian Interior Ministry detained 4 citizens of Azerbaijan, who are suspected of involvement in illegal banking activity and smuggling of bank funds,” Istomin said. A criminal case has been filed.

It was learned that employees of Russian banks and other commercial structures were also involved in the criminal scheme. Money was transferred through a means of a remote access to organizations abroad. They were cashed there and then smuggled back into Russia.

"So, 90 billion rubles (about $ 3 billion) was extracted annually from the legal trade. Controlled fictitious firms were registered in Cyprus, Lithuania and the Republic of Azerbaijan and UAE,” Istomin added.


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