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Another raid against the clan chief Arafat Abou-Chaker, including the ownership of his villa in Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg, on commercial premises in Berlin and in Switzerland. At 6 a.m., more than 300 officials arrived at various addresses, including investigators from the State Office of Criminal Investigation and Organized Crime, as well as special task forces.
Police searched a total of 18 apartments, houses and business premises, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday morning. It is a joint operation with the tax investigation department. In addition to the 18 objects, the tax investigators were also traveling alone and searched other rooms. First it had “BZ” and “Bild”.
The search was only aimed at finding evidence of possible crimes, police said. There were no incidents in the extensive action of the investigators.
He is being investigated on suspicion of tax evasion, fraud and money laundering, he said. The prosecutor said that four people are suspected of being “partially involved” with organized crime. Other members of the Abou Chaker clan are also affected.
So far, assets worth several million euros have been insured. The prosecutor spoke of the suspicion of “tax offenses largely related to management services within the” rapeseed scenario “”. In addition, it is about the complaint of fraud in relation to organized crime.
Most of the registered objects are in Berlin, the police spokeswoman said. These included offices and a law firm in Charlottenburg. Numerous emergency vehicles made their way to Abou-Chaker’s farm in the village of Kleinmachnow.
The clan chief and rapper Bushido had created a joint property there. But partners in the music business turned enemies, Bushido parted ways with his business partner. A trial is currently pending against the head of the clan of Arab origin in the regional court.
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Abou-Chaker is charged with deprivation of liberty, attempted gross extortion, dangerous bodily injury and duress. The brothers are accused of being accomplices or accomplices. The clan chief did not want to let Bushido go, because of his methods he is now on the bench.
Findings from the process may also have contributed to the search. Bushido spoke extensively about trade relations. As a result, Arafat Abou-Chaker “officially” earned nine million euros from him until the separation in 2017, Bushido said in court. Soon after, hints circulated that tax investigators might now investigate the clan chief with a new influence.
GdP welcomes the search for the clan chief
The police union (GdP) described the raid as an important signal. “Because the rule of law has to continue to drain the swamp,” said the head of the GdP country, Norbert Cioma. “Clans like the Abou-Chakers have injected a lot of illegal money into the legal cycle in recent years, financing real estate and other luxury items with drug deals, extortion and other criminal sources of income.”
For the country manager of the GoP, the consequences must be drawn from this. “In our money laundering paradise, more than 100 billion euros are laundered every year,” Cioma said. “To finally end this, we need an increase in personnel and technicians in the competent authorities, as well as a complete reversal of the burden of proof in the case of asset recovery.”
