In the operations carried out by the Federal Police, Customs and AFIP, US$800,000 in cash was seized.
Members of the Anti-Fraud Division of the Department of Economic Crimes of the Federal Police (PFA) and inspectors of the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) and the General Directorate of Customs seized US$800,000 in cash.
It was during two inspection operations in “caves” and “little trees” in different parts of the city of Buenos Aires.
The procedures sought to identify clandestine currency exchange points, with the aim of stopping operations in the informal currency market amid the tension due to the rise of the US dollar.
The highest amount was recorded in an operation in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Belgrano, where US$700,000 was seized; while another US$100,000 was seized in the heart of the downtown area.
The first of the procedures was carried out on the pedestrian Florida at 300 and allowed the arrest of three people adults of Argentine nationality, who carried the money in their clothes, PFA sources told Télam.
While the other operation with a successful result was recorded on the street Mountaineers at 2200where the PFA arrested three adults of Chinese nationality, who, upon being searched, were found to be hiding bundles of dollars hidden and attached to their bodies.
They raided a cave in San Martín 140
Among the consequences of the arrests of foreign citizens with more than US$800,000, criminal court 8, headed by Dr. Martínez de Giorgi, secretariat No. 16, headed by Dr. Mariana Simian, ordered the search of a cave located in the 140 San Martín street, 19th floor of CABA.
Important documentation for the case emerged from the arrests that link this seized figure with the cave on San Martín Street called “ninbus” and with another cave that operates on Sarmiento Street.
Investigators point out that the 6 detainees are just the tip of the iceberg of the real caves that operate illegally with blue.
Source: Ambito
