Theft of money, bank robbery, money laundering – investigation against an Arab clan in Berlin

D The Berlin justice mills move slowly, but sometimes something bigger between their wheels. Something like the 77 real estate that has funded a well-known Arab family in at least dubious circumstances and with possibly stolen values. In any case, prosecutors, who spent long months investigating money laundering and dealt a blow last Friday, claim that it has not yet existed. That it is finally a spectacular success against the proliferation of organized crime in the capital or a number of prosecutors, which has no validity in court, this which will show a deeper investigation. He is also waiting for arguments with the defenders of the 16 accused, almost all of whom are related. If the evidence and the evidence are sufficient, imprisonment is imminent, with up to five years of imprisonment, especially seizure of confiscated property, all but one in Brandenburg, all in the capital .

The family, of which several hundred parents have roots in Lebanon and came to Berlin as civil war refugees decades ago, live mainly in the district of Neukölln. . but also illegal business. Several young members of the extended family are currently accused of stealing a 100 kilogram gold coin from the Bode Museum last year. The process has not started yet.

Opening of 300 lockers in a branch of a savings bank

However, a court case for a spectacular bank robbery in Berlin-Mariendorf is over. There, in October 2014, the perpetrators, among them a member of the aforementioned family, had broken about 300 lockers in a branch of a savings bank and had also demolished the vault. While the perpetrators have been captured and convicted, the loot, nearly ten million euros, has disappeared. Also missing from the gold coin, worth several million euros, the Berlin Bode Museum still traces all traces. Investigators believe that the "Big Maple Leaf" coin, made of gold, has been melted

As for the theft of the Mariendorfer bank, the investigators remained attentive. The prosecutor investigator reported Thursday that about three years ago, one of the convicted brothers had acquired an apartment quite surprisingly. Since the man had lived up to this time mainly through social benefits such as Hartz IV and child support, it was noticeable. Where this money suddenly came from – perhaps it was due to the spoils of the savings fund? This question has started an investigation into suspicions of money laundering.

According to the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office, investigations into bank transfers, cadastre inspections, and cash deposit checks proved to be a puzzle that gradually formed an image. New names always appear, always new patterns of behavior. And for new real estate purchases, money from abroad has been transferred to the accounts of Berlin. That "foreign countries" are Lebanon, where the family comes from, prosecutors did not want to say at a press conference, for reasons of tactical determination

Berliners believed that the Money from criminal activities was converted into legal property. , Money Laundering. According to first estimates, the real estate and also foreclosed land letters have a total value of just over nine million euros.

Violent Crime, Drug Trafficking, Illegal Gambling

Criminal investigations are ongoing, many parents of a few families are often in court, and the entire gamut of organized crime is covered by violent crime. Drug trafficking in illegal gambling. But with the large-scale confiscation of real estate, the prosecutor's office has now opened a new chapter in the fight against crime. In addition, dozens of police searched 13 objects last Friday in search of other evidence. The sought after items include the workspace of a notary as well as company rooms.

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What was found and whether the confiscated property and objects also a garden plot or a fitted kitchen belong, as the rumors have been known, about this, the prosecutors have been silent as well as specific questions about l & # 39; accused. In any case, no one was detained as part of the action, but it became clear that some of the defendants were already detained for other crimes. As the senior prosecutor said, there is no need to give any further warrants, "not yet at this stage".

The investigation is now entering a new phase. After the prosecutors worked in silence, is now openly determined. Other findings are expected of confiscated documents. Although there was no need for a large truck for transportation, such a policeman was involved, but all sorts of things had been done.

For many tenants in confiscated homes, police action does not have negative consequences. They continue to pay their rent on previous accounts, which are confiscated. However, some might be surprised when he discovers in the newspaper with whom he moved.