Asia-Pacific, EU/Europe, Financial Services
Police in Paris have arrested a 55-year-old man after finding a gold smelting operation hidden in the back room of a photo lab.
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US Department of Justice
Mexican nationals and former leaders of the Los Zetas cartel were arraigned today in Washington, D.C., on charges of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that involved multiple murder conspiracies, conspiring to manufacture and distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana destined for the United States, using firearms — including a machinegun — during and in relation to drug trafficking crimes, and conspiring to launder monetary instruments.
Europol
A large-scale drug trafficking investigation, supported by Europol, led to the dismantling of an Ecuadorian criminal cell involved in supplying wholesale cocaine to the EU via major ports. The international operation, led by the Ecuadorian National Police (Policía Nacional del Ecuador), also involved the German Criminal Police (LKA Baden-Württemberg), German Customs (ZFA Stuttgart) and the Spanish Guardia Civil.
The Crown Prosecution Service
A man who fraudulently applied for five false bounce-back loans during the COVID pandemic has been jailed. Mohammed Uddin, 37 of Dunmow, Essex, previously pleaded guilty to five counts of false representation to make gain and was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court today to 28 months in prison. He was disqualified from acting as a company director for five years. Uddin was prosecuted following an investigation by the National Investigation Service (NATIS). He was the company director of four businesses and in total, submitted five applications for loans between May 2020 to November 2022.
