Prosecutors from DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism) and police officers from the DCCO (the Economic and Financial Macro-Crime Investigation Service) carried out two search warrants in Bucharest, based on a European Investigation Order issued by the judicial authorities in Germany, in a case involving the formation of an organised criminal group and tax evasion.
According to a DIICOT press release, the activities in Romania were conducted simultaneously with similar operations in Germany and Austria.
Investigations conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Landshut (Bavaria, Germany) revealed that several suspects, individuals involved in managing companies in the construction sector, allegedly obtained significant sums of money by evading tax obligations and social security contributions.
Subsequently, the money obtained in this way was subject to multiple financial transactions, including international transfers, cash operations, and investments in the purchase of precious metals.
Following the searches carried out across the three countries, documents, data storage devices, gold and silver coins worth hundreds of thousands of euros, as well as cash sums, were seized.
At the same time, several luxury cars were seized with a view to confiscation.
Preventive arrest warrants were issued for four individuals, German nationals aged between 28 and 51, for the offences of withholding and non-payment of social security contributions and money laundering.
Representatives of the German judicial authorities, who are handling the criminal case, also took part in the operation carried out in Romania.
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