OLAF – the European anti-fraud agency – has issued
a press release setting out the assistance it
has given to Spain's National Police. The assistance appears to
have been largely on the intelligence and analysis side.
As stated in the press release:
"As part of the investigation, the Spanish National Police
and Customs Surveillance Service arrested four individuals in the
Spanish region of Catalonia, three of whom are Russian nationals.
The operation also resulted in the seizure of 13,000 kilograms of a
chemical compound subject to export restrictions, at the Port of
Barcelona.
The investigation revealed that a Spanish company, managed by
Russian nationals, had established a sophisticated logistical and
economic scheme to export internationally sanctioned chemical
products to Russia. This network involved the use of shell
companies in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to disguise the true
destination of the goods, which were later rerouted to
Russia".
