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She is said to have transported millions of dollars in illegal funds from Spain to China.
Now the federal police arrested the woman at Frankfurt Airport.
Frankfurt – Federal police officers have arrested a woman wanted in Spain at Frankfurt Airport on suspicion of economic crime.
The Spanish judiciary was looking for the 39-year-old "because she was a front woman for two shell companies in Spain and transferred funds of illegal origin amounting to around 5.2 million euros to China," the police said on Tuesday (February 27).
A federal police patrol walks through Terminal 1 of Frankfurt Airport.
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Federal police arrest 39-year-old at Frankfurt Airport
Due to a wanted tip, the federal police stopped the woman coming from Shanghai from continuing her journey on Sunday (February 25).
In Spain she now has to serve a prison sentence totaling six years and six months.
She will remain in the presence cells of the Frankfurt District Court until her extradition.
(dpa)