In a major raid against money laundering and organized crime, the police searched apartments and offices in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen on Wednesday morning and carried out ten arrest warrants.
More than a thousand police forces are in use, including special units, the police said in the morning.
The investigations were directed against members of an international money laundering network.
Düsseldorf - The aim is to seize evidence and illegal assets.
The public prosecutor's office in Düsseldorf wanted to announce more details at a press conference in the afternoon.
"The operation is still running," said a spokesman in the morning.
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