National Security: Dismantling of Criminal Network Specialized in Money Laundering from Tax Evasion

BY: Hana Saada

ALGIERS- During the past week, units of the Central Service for Combating Organized Crime (SCLCO) dismantled a criminal network specializing in money laundering from tax evasion in the municipality of Ouled Moussa (Boumerdès), according to a statement from the National Security services on Sunday.

The units of the Central Service for Combating Organized Crime “put an end, during the past week, to the activities of a criminal network and arrested its six (6) members for money laundering from tax evasion, using false invoices and financial transactions in the wholesale iron trade, causing significant financial losses to the public treasury, at the level of the municipality of Ouled Moussa in the wilaya of Boumerdès,” the statement said.

After completing legal procedures, the suspects were brought before the public prosecutor at the tribunal of Khemis El Khechna for “the offense of tax evasion and the use of fraudulent methods, money laundering as part of a criminal group, and violation of legislation and regulations on foreign exchange and capital movements to and from abroad,” the statement concluded.

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