Spanish company that supplied prohibited materials to Russia liquidated

Operation led by the Central Court of Instruction number Two of the National Court has successfully dismantled a front company in San Vicente del Raspeig that was supplying prohibited goods to the Russian Federation. The dismantled company was part of a European commercial structure established to hide the final destination of the prohibited goods, according to police sources.

The investigation, carried out by the National Police and Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency, in collaboration with the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), has resulted in the arrest of three individuals for their alleged involvement in smuggling prohibited goods.

The arrested individuals allegedly used the commercial company, created as a front company, to mask the shipment of dual-use materials to the Russian Federation, violating existing prohibitions. They employed a triangulation scheme, using companies located in other countries to conceal the final destination of the materials, with one of the detainees acting as a front man.

The alleged criminals managed to evade established controls by sending the goods through various European customs, declaring a third country as the final and fictitious destination, from which the materials were re-exported to the Russian Federation, the true final destination under embargo.

The arrests took place on June 10 in the province of Valencia, and the headquarters of a commercial company in the Alicante town of San Vicente del Raspeig was searched, where various computer equipment, electronic devices, and documents were seized and are being analysed by specialists.

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