Spanish police smash €250m dirty money ring

SPANISH police arrested 41 people suspected of laundering over €250 million that the nation’s Interior Ministry said may include funds from embattled Russian oil company, Yukos.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2005 - 00:00
Mar Roamn, Madrid

The arrests were made across the southern coast, and police investigated 18 homes and offices in Spain, as well as locations in the Netherlands and Russia.

The investigation, which began in September 2003, was referred to as Operation White Whale.

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