Spain busts lucrative Chinese-Arab money laundering ring
Friday, 16 May 2025 () Madrid (AFP) May 14, 2025
Spanish police on Wednesday said they had broken up a Chinese-Arab ring that laundered $21 million of proceeds from people and drug trafficking through the informal "hawala" money transfer system. Police said the investigation began after the dismantling of a migrant-trafficking gang transporting mostly Syrians between Algeria and Spain, which led to a probe into their finances. An Arab