An Ankara-based operation was carried out in the asset laundering investigation

Simultaneous searches were carried out at many addresses within the scope of the Ankara-based operation aimed at integrating the proceeds of predicate crimes into the economy.

It was announced that in the financial investigations carried out in line with the investigation launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in 2022, findings were reached that the incomes considered to be obtained from the predicate crimes were converted into different asset values ​​by being included in the economic system through tourism, catering and construction activities and alcoholic entertainment venues.

In the statement, it was stated that some companies changed hands at regular intervals, there were no monetary movements that could explain the transfer transactions, and records indicating that some of the people who took over the companies worked for the people who transferred them before, and that the commercial and actual connections between people continued despite the changes in the partnership structures of the companies, revealed the role of company transfers and financial transactions in the transfer and laundering of crime proceeds.

In the statement, it was stated that digital materials, documents and evidentiary items related to the investigation were seized during the searches carried out at the residences and workplaces of the suspects, and it was emphasized that the investigation was carried out multifacetedly and meticulously.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)