An international fugitive wanted for allegedly laundering more than $500,000 cash has been arrested in Europe four years after leaving New Zealand.
Donatas Jukna arrived in Auckland with Martynas Cikas in May 2008 and came under covert surveillance by detectives in Operation Keyboard, who were investigating a global crime syndicate smuggling drugs into New Zealand.
The Lithuanian pair were followed to financial institutions where, under false names, they allegedly transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to overseas bank accounts or exchanged the cash for foreign currency.
In the name of Robertas Masaitis, Jukna allegedly converted $214,000 in five transactions.
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