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On the Spanish island of Tenerife, the police apparently hit the Italian mafia.
In cooperation with Italian investigators and the European police authority Europol, 106 suspects were arrested in Tenerife in connection with money laundering for the mafia, said the Spanish police.
The gang had turned more than ten million euros into legal money for various mafia groups, including the Neapolitan Camorra.
The millions are said to come primarily from online frauds by the Mafia in countries such as Spain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania and Great Britain, as the police also announced.
Among other things, the alleged perpetrators used the phishing method.
118 bank accounts are now blocked.
Suspects are said to have been involved in murders
The suspects are accused of membership in a criminal organization, fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, forgery, assault, extortion, coercion, robbery and illegal possession of weapons.
Searches also found a marijuana plantation with 400 plants, it said.
In the message, the Spanish police also wrote that the suspects had set up a criminal network on the island.
The investigation also revealed that members of the group were said to have been involved in two murders in Tenerife.
ptz / dpa
