Almost half a billion rubles and several firearms have been seized at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. Twenty people have been arrested during a successful raid on an international money laundering ring.
The people arrested were allegedly members of a Caucasian cash laundering gang that tried to smuggle more than 400 million rubles (about $13 million) and several firearms into the country, according to the press-service of the Interior Ministry of Russia…
During the first stage the group collected money, storing it in specially equipped and secured caches, according to police. The cash originated from markets and shopping centers in the republic of Dagestan as well as from bank accounts of shell companies, pretending to be selling goods to virtual customers.
In the second stage the cash stored in laminated bags was transferred to Moscow under the guise of“printed materials” guarded by the employees of private security company Karat.The cash was then distributed to customers, which included large Moscow financial organizations as well as individuals and construction market companies.
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