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An international gold trafficking network dismantled in Algiers
TRAFFICKING Arrests and a batch of precious stones recovered
The security services reporting to the Algiers Wilaya Security (SWA) have just dismantled an international criminal network specializing in the smuggling and trafficking of precious stones and precious metals from the Algiers capital. Indeed, in a press release dated yesterday Monday, the Wilaya of Algiers Security (SWA) announced the arrest of four dangerous alleged members of an international gold trafficking network and the recovery of a large lot of precious stones and precious metals with an estimated value of more than 30 billion centimes. Made up of four dangerous traffickers, including a foreign national, the criminal network of trafficking and smuggling of precious coins and precious metals was active abroad, announced the Algiers Police in its press release dated yesterday Monday . The dismantling of this dangerous international criminal network allowed police investigators from the Wilaya of Algiers Security to seize a large quantity of precious metals of different shapes and sizes, such as diamonds and gold, specifies the same source. Original pieces of archaeological value from various historical periods, pieces and statues in stone and metal, were seized during this quality operation, in addition to the seizure of tools for detecting precious stones and precious metals and a sum financial estimated at 30 billion and 293 million centimes, noted the press release from the Algiers Police. It should be remembered that on May 16, 2023, the Central Service for the Fight against Organized Crime (SCLCO) under the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) dismantled a criminal network of gold traffickers made up of 25 individuals and seized for more than 330 billion centimes of objects and funds, this was indicated in a press release from the National Security services. According to the same source, the head of the network is none other than a 59-year-old man who runs a company with a commercial register. Thanks to legal facilitations, particularly in terms of exchange and movement of capital, the main accused in this trafficking, even the head of the network, a 59-year-old man, carried out operations importing precious metals, particularly or, using its commercial register. The imported gold had been sold on the black market according to a well-oiled operating procedure and this was what allowed the members of this criminal network to carry out banking operations with a total amount exceeding 1,100 billion centimes. A figure which attracted the attention of SCLCO investigations and which led to the dismantling of the network. In all, more than 330 billion centimes in precious objects and bank notes, 135 kilos of gold, 180 kilos of silver, 140 kilos of raw materials and more than 135 billion centimes were recovered during this operation. quality.
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