Translated Text:
Prosecutors in the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism – Central structure with judicial police officers in the IGRP – DCCO have dismantled a criminal organization consisting of 20 defendants, Romanian and Lebanese citizens, specializes in crimes tax evasion, smuggling and money laundering operations in the grain trade.
In this respect, there were a total of 56 searches at the premises of the housing companies and accused of Calarasi, Ilfov, Constanta, Timisoara and Bucharest Ialomita. Group leaders accused were identified as Jihad El Khalil, 48 years and Laoun Youssef, 38, both of whom are dual citizens, Lebanese and British. Under their direction, the group members used several companies and achieved substantial financial benefits by creating fictitious commercial and financial circuits, aiming to circumvent the payment of taxes owed to the state. During 2010 – 2011, defendants have made massive grain exports, by concealing the true origin of the goods.Thus, although cereals from Turkey / Lebanon, group members falsely declaring that they are produced in Romania and we export to countries outside the Community in order to achieve the Romanian state tax deductions.
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