The Regional Authority for Combating Organized Crime in the East, affiliated with the General Directorate of National Security in Constantine, was able to dismantle an organized criminal network active in the field of forging banking and commercial documents, tax evasion and money laundering, with the arrest of 59 suspected persons.
A National Security statement stated that the operation resulted in the recovery of financial and real estate proceeds with a total value estimated at more than 163 billion centimes, in addition to the seizure of fictitious commercial documents and counterfeit seals that were used in the network’s criminal activity.
The seized and recovered properties included 32 properties, including villas, luxury apartments, residences, and commercial shops, in addition to 35 vehicles of various types and types, and jewelry and precious metals weighing more than 5 kilograms.
The operation also enabled the seizure of a sum of money exceeding 400 million centimes, in addition to 119 bank accounts.
At the conclusion of the legal procedures, the suspects were presented before the Public Prosecutor at the Al-Hajjar Court in Annaba State, according to a statement by the National Security Services.
