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Date Published: 19/04/2022
ARCHIVED - Two Norwegians launder 11 million euros with Costa Blanca properties
A 55-year-old Alicante tax advisor has been arrested as part of the investigation
Police in Alicante have arrested a tax advisor who allegedly laundered part of 11.5 million euros from the fraudulent bankruptcy of a Norwegian shipping company.
The 55-year-old Spanish detainee reportedly purchased properties on the Costa Blanca worth more than 900,000 euros on behalf of two Norwegians who owned the shipping company, defrauding tax authorities in Norway.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, the police were alerted to the money laundering operation by Financial Intelligence who were investigating the investment activity of two Norwegian citizens, a man and a woman believed to be based in the province of Alicante.
The Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Group of the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade of Alicante took charge of the "complex probe", collecting financial data between 2019, when the investigation first began, and 2003.
It transpired that the Norwegian pair had acquired various properties in Alicante through a business network involving companies in Spain, Norway and Panama, with the help of the tax advisor.
Police also discovered several Spanish bank accounts in the name of the two Norwegians with "substantial transfers from foreign accounts, including tax havens", some in excess of 900,000 euros, which raised suspicions further.
Once the funds were received, they were quickly withdrawn or transferred to third accounts abroad "making it difficult to trace them".
As for the properties, investigators concluded the main purpose was to sell them on and pocket the capital gains.
Seven bank accounts have since been frozen along with any other related assets.
The tax advisor, who has no previous convictions, has been released after appearing at police headquarters pending a court appearance.
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