A Chinese plot that took three million euros of black money a week out of Spain has been dismantled. The Civil Guard detains 13 people and investigates another three in an operation in which 40 searches have been carried out, largely in the Madrid industrial estate of Cobo Calleja (Fuenlabrada) The investigation has confirmed that the network, headed by citizens of Chinese origin, but in which Spaniards and Ukrainians also participated.

In 2012, the National Police dismantled a similar one in the so-called Operation Emperor, for which 102 people are still pending trial.