Unprecedented action from DIICOT. Almost 400 searches in one day. The thugs who returned to the country because of the pandemic are the target

Prosecutors and police officers of the DIICOT of Organized Crime participate on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in an unprecedented action, during which 386 raids are carried out in various counties of the country.

“Prosecutors from the Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism together with judicial police from the DCCO and subordinate units carry out a series of 386 house searches, within a wide range of actions, aimed at dismantling organized criminal groups, actions that work simultaneously In the counties of Botosani, Suceava, Iasi, Neamt, Galati, Vrancea, Covasna, Brasov, Buzau, Prahova, Dambovita, Constanta, Calarasi, Ilfov, Teleorman, Arges, Dolj, Gorj, Olt, Valcea, Alba, Caras-Severin, Timisoara, Arad, Bihor, Satu Mare, Cluj and Bistrita Nasaud and in Bucharest “, shows DIICOT.

According to DIICOT, the actions launched at the national level are the result of the investigative activities carried out in 24 cases investigated by 21 territorial structures of DIICOT and the Central Structure. DIICOT also shows that the investigations aim to dismantle various criminal groups involved in most forms of organized crime: high-risk and high-risk drug trafficking, human trafficking, pimping, migrant smuggling, usury, cybercrime, tax evasion, money laundering. of money. , smuggling, migrant trafficking, fraud or blackmail.

According to some judicial sources, the target of the investigation is the leaders of some underworld groups that acted abroad, but returned to Romania due to the pandemic.