Turkey orders 417 detained in money laundering probe
Tuesday 02/October/2018 - 01:17 PM
Turkish media said prosecutors have issued detention
warrants for 417 people suspected of money laundering for transferring 2.5
billion Turkish lira (US$423 million) to thousands of bank accounts abroad.
As many as 216 of the suspects were detained Tuesday
in early morning raids conducted in some 40 provinces across Turkey.
The suspects had received commissions for
transferring money to 28,088 bank accounts abroad and most of the accounts
belonged to Iranians based in the US.
The detentions follow a probe conducted by the Financial
Crimes Investigation Board and police anti-financial crimes units.
The suspects are being questioned on suspicion of
forming a criminal gang and violating laws to combat money laundering and the
financing of terror.
