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DIICOT prosecutors and special forces police went to nearly 400 addresses across the country Wednesday in an unprecedented action against underworld groups. The huge operation is taking place in the context in which the coronavirus pandemic determined that several leaders of the underworld clans returned to the country from Western Europe. About 400 suspects were detained for questioning.
Among the high suspicions is also businessman Alexandru Bodi, Bianca Dragusanu’s ex-husband. The man is suspected to be the right hand of a well-known underworld leader, Adrian Tâmplaru, who in the past worked with Ion Clămparu. The group led by the two young traffickers recruited from Romania to Western European countries, where he forced them into prostitution, obtaining large sums of money from them, investigators say.
It is established from existing data that, shortly after the dismantling of a group led by a prominent member of the underworld (a group specializing in human trafficking and pimping), the suspect in question (one of the undercover lieutenants), while in a prison, between 2008 and 2011, along with three other detainees, used social media to recruit young women who practiced prostitution..
According to DIICOT, the victims who, after being transported abroad, refused to engage in prostitution, were kidnapped and subjected to extreme violent (even some violations), to be determined not to resist.
Upon investigation, it was established that young women were operated mainly in discotheques or rented premises in Germany, within the cities of Berlin, Bonn, Stuttgart and Frankfurt (Germany), but also in other European countries (Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria).
Some of the victims were sold to other traffickers infor exploitation purposes.
Husband and wife, leaders of a pimping group in Argeș
Seven house searches were also carried out in Argeș, related to the activity of a group specialized in pimping crimes.
The victims are 12 women who were forced into prostitution as of November 2019.
The leaders of the group are husband and wife.
They identified areas of the country where substantial sums of money could be obtained from the practice of pimping and brought the girls there.
Searches 69 locations along the coast for drug suspects
DIICOT Constanţa prosecutors and police carried out 69 home searches in the cities of Constanza, Mangalia, Ovidiu and in the towns of Eforie Nord, Eforie Sud, Tuzla, Techirghiol and Agigea. The action is aimed at the activity of an organized criminal group specialized in high-risk drug trafficking, which carries out illicit operations with new psychoactive substances and money laundering.
From 2017 until now, dozens of people have joined the organized criminal group. Criminal group He performed in the city of Constanța, but also in the southern part of the coast, respectively, the towns of Eforie, Techirghiol, Tuzla and the municipality of Mangalia.
The group members sold 15.13 kg. of substances capable of having psychoactive effects, for which they obtained the amount of 1,292,355 lei. The narcotics were also sold in barbershops, investigators say.
Raids on members of a criminal group that allegedly obtained 100,000 euros through blackmail
In Bucharest, investigators carried out four house search warrants in Bucharest and Ilfov County, at the homes of several persons suspected of usury and blackmail.
The existing data shows a reasonable assumption that people, Through threats of violence, it would have obtained, in the period July-November 2020, in this way, more than 100,000 euros.
The persons will be questioned at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Service Sector 4.
Damage of one million euros for computer fraud
The searches on Wednesday also pointed to the work of a group specialized in computer fraud, which caused a damage of one million euros. Eighteen house searches were carried out in Dolj, Vâlcea, Ilfov counties and Bucharest to search for members of the network.
The researchers determined that Members of the group posted fictitious advertisements on online international trade sites. on the sale of various goods and services. At the same time, they opened and managed the opening of bank accounts necessary for the transfer of money from crimes committed in both Romania and the United Kingdom, using falsified identity documents.
The estimated damage is approximately 1,000,000 the euro. The money was used to buy real estate and luxury cars.
Was identified more than 2,000 victimsespecially from Germany, but also from Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, the Czech Republic, Norway, Poland and Italy.
Group specialized in trafficking in migrants, dismantled in the west of the country
On Wednesday several searches were carried out in Arad, Timiș, Hunedoara and Ilfov for the dismantling of a group that dealt with migrant trafficking.
The group recruited migrants and transported them, for amounts between 1,500 – 5,000 euros, in northwestern Europe, through Romania.
The members of the group that operates in Romania are part of an international criminal group organized on the territory of several countries in the migration route, respectively Syria – Iraq – Turkey – Bulgaria – Serbia – Romania – Hungary – Schengen countries (Austria, Germany).
The criminal group recruited migrants from their countries of origin (Iraq, Syria, Turkey, etc.) and illegally crossed the Serbian state border with Romania.
Galați Register of Lenders Who Terrorized Their Victims with the Help of Notaries and Executors
Registered DIICOT prosecutors Galați moneylenders who terrorized their victims with the help of notaries and bailiffs. The loans were disguised in the form of pawn contracts and notarial contracts.
The group leader studied the financial situation of the people to whom loans were granted, in order to ensure that they have real estate and personal property of significant value, the final purpose of the usury operations being precisely to take possession of the assets. property of the injured. and thus obtain material benefits much greater than the value of the loans granted.
Once the victims signed the loan agreements, the leader of the criminal group moved on to the next stage of the plan. With the help of notaries and bailiffs, he exerted permanent psychic pressure on the victims to sign the documents requested by the members of the group.
Following the action, Prosecutors seized 62,000 euros, 143,100 lei, 1.5 kg of gold and three luxury cars.
A family from Satu Mare, aided by several accomplices, made a fortune from usury and cigarette smuggling.
Prosecutors and the police carried out dozens of searches to dismantle the criminal group and finally confiscated quantities of cigarettes and money.
The leader of the group is the main supplier of smuggled cigarettes in the Someş square area in Satu Mare. The cigarettes were kept in his home, his son’s, as well as his mother’s, but also in departments near the market, belonging to vulnerable and easily influenced people, whom the members of the group forced to support through threats and violence.
Investigators also established that the smuggled cigarettes were delivered to the leader by various people who bought them from various Ukrainian citizens, who brought them into Romanian territory through the fraudulent crossing of the green strip, in the area of the Cămârzana commune.
The quantity and frequency of the sale of these cigarettes brought considerable income to the members of the group who ended up making important fortunes, driving luxury cars and owning large sums of money and jewelry.
Also, the group leader lent to economically vulnerable people, with various amounts of money, at an interest rate of 120%.
More than 600 forced actions were carried out across the country on Wednesday. The 21 target groups caused a damage of 190 million lei and 160,000 euros.
The Interior Minister called this day “Z Day”, saying it is easy to remember, given the date: 11.11.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
