Authorities arrested 250 suspects on Tuesday in national operations against a criminal network Accused of Forging invoices and manipulating the iron and steel markets in Turkey. Among the detained suspects is a prominent businessman, EE, who was arrested in The past for money laundering and conspiracy murder of Alleged loan shark.
Turkish security sources quoted media The sources said the suspects deceived the state of $1.5 billion (25 billion Turkish liras) through fraudulent bills.
The Interior Ministry said that an operation began about 10 months ago to monitor the suspects, based on an investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. in the capital Ankara criminal groups operating in Iron and steel markets and the pursuit of monopoly. A “work groupComposed of financial Organized by crime police, tax inspectors and the Financial Crime Investigation Agency (MASAK) with the support of the police crime A department has been set up to investigate suspects. For 10 months, suspects were wiretapped and monitored, with The investigation revealed involvement of three criminal gangs in Crimes said. Suspects accused of Market manipulation and turmoil price stability, forcing competition firms to shut down and setup up Front companies under other companies peoplenames in Request to create fake invoices.
On Tuesday, Operation Iron Fist was launched. in Ankara and 28 other provinces, including Istanbul, Hatay, Izmir, Adana and Kocaeli to capture the suspects , with to share of 2,100 police officers and 250 tax inspectors. Arrest warrants issued for 374 suspects so far, 250 of them are EE and leaders of the three criminal Groups were arrested during the chase capture other suspects. Security forces also They raided 14 factories and 850 locations, confiscating documents, weapons and other evidence related to the suspects’ wrongdoing.
