Goldpharma operation: disruption of an international network for the illegal sale of medicines

At a press conference, the Deputy Chief of Government of Buenos Aires Diego Santilli Head of the Department of Justice and City Security, jointly with the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, the Secretary of Justice and Security of Buenos Aires, Marcelo D'Alessandro, Deputy Chief of Police Gabriel Berard, Director of Prevention and Investigation of Technological Crimes, Carlos Rojas; The authorities of the FIU and the DEA gave details of the operation during which the dismantling of a gang dedicated to drug trafficking on an international scale was carried out.

"This is an important operation and we managed to disrupt an organization that was hurting, killing and committing crimes in different parts of the world," Santilli said. thanks to the joint work is that "you can get to dismantle these gangs of mafia, in the fight against organized crime entrusted to us by the president of the nation and the head of the city government. "

Minister Bullrich stressed the importance of being a trustworthy country today: "Argentina was once the liberated country of ephedrine, and today it is This work of the municipal police as well as other agencies shows that the chemical precursors are controlled. The change is strategic so that Argentina is not a place for kitchens or drug labs. "

As they said, the criminal organization was headed by five people and its main activity was the marketing of drugs and controlled substances without a prescription, via the Internet. In addition, the operation included money laundering.

The survey was conducted for one and a half triangulation between Argentina, Romania and the United States, therefore, the DEA, FIU, AFI, Procunar, Procelac and the complex computer division of the municipal police were involved.

"This group has organized and managed from Argentina, via websites, the illicit purchase and sale of drugs in different parts of the world, mainly in the United States," said Carlos Rojas, director of the Prevention and Control Division. investigations of technological crimes of the police. from the city.

"Later, a research team was formed.We met in Washington and it was decided that the first place of intervention would be Romania, where 32 people were arrested," Rojas said. He added: "After discovering that the money had been laundered on foreign accounts and in our country, by another team of money launderers, both groups were destroyed yesterday."

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In our country they were made a total of 21 raids, 17 in Buenos Aires and the rest in Buenos Aires with the festivities of General San Martín, Tigre, Pilar and La Plata.

The operation resulted in the arrest of five people, including three wanted by the DEA and two for money laundering. and the removal of more than $ 400,000, two million pesos in cash and $ 890,000 in checks; 11,200 euros and lower amounts in Brazilian, English, Turkish, Peruvian and Uruguayan currencies.

13 vehicles were also seized, including imported motorcycles, trucks and premium cars; real estate deeds in the city, Greater Buenos Aires and the Atlantic coast; road and boat titles; pbadports, documentation of taxi fleets, bank receipts in Panama and Belize, approximately 100 credit cards, 600 unnamed prepaid cards and a large number of invoices, contracts, tickets and other accounting documents.

In the same way, all the computer and film support was chosen to be submitted to expert reports, totaling 43 computers, 21 tablets, some 150 external hard drives and USB keys, 80 mobile phones, 15 security cameras, modems and cards. SIM.