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He was caught with 20 million euros in cash in his apartment, the connections of the Economic Crime Leader of Spain with the Albanians are revealed
2024-12-08 18:48:46 / AKTUALITET
Óscar Sánchez Gil, former head of the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) in Spain, was arrested two weeks ago after 20 million euros were found hidden in the garden and walls of his apartment. He did not work alone. The police officer, nicknamed 'El Anodino' for his low profile and currently incarcerated in Estremera prison, had a team of people working to launder the money he made from illegal drug-trafficking operations.
Investigators have arrested six people this week for these events. The magistrate handling the case, Francisco De Jorge, judge of the Central Court of Instruction Number 1 of the National Court, took a statement and then sent three of them to prison for their alleged connection to this corrupt plot, which is now in the second phase of the investigation.
At the moment, there are six people arrested, including Óscar Sánchez Gil, his wife Noelia RP (also an agent of the National Police), his sister-in-law Yolanda RP (who managed the QAP licenses with which they allegedly cleaned part of money), as well as three men who performed money laundering duties. It is not excluded that there will be other arrests in the coming days.
In this phase of the investigation, entries and checks were carried out in various houses in Barcelona and Madrid. Investigators believe that Óscar Sánchez Gil is hiding around 27 million euros more in another property in the capital, an amount that would be added to the 20 million that had already been seized. They also suspect he could be holding another €15 million in cryptocurrencies, a more anonymous option for hiding large sums of money.
However, all roads lead to the United Arab Emirates. It is suspected that another significant part of the money benefited from this conspiracy could be kept in Dubai. The money received from the drug trafficking operations he ran for the Balkan Cartel – a mafia organization of Albanian origin and responsible for Europe's biggest cocaine smuggling operations from South America – is suspected to have been hidden there.
The trigger that started the plot was the seizure of the largest amount of cocaine ever seized in Spain: 13 tons of cocaine found in a container in the port of Algeciras, which came from Ecuador, hidden in a fake shipment of bananas. An operation in which the Albanians and Óscar Sánchez Gil would be involved.
Sources close to the investigation believe this was the main source of income for 'El Anodino': his cooperation with mobsters in Eastern Europe to help them get the goods safely through Spanish ports without being detected by the police. Sánchez Gil's position of power would have allowed him to provide information to drug traffickers to pass the cocaine unhindered. In return, the former head of UDEF would receive up to one million euros for each shipment.
In the first phase of the operation, 20 million euros in cash were found hidden in the house of Óscar and Noelia, a luxury residence in an urbanization in the municipality of Alcalá de Henares, along with a collection of luxury cars. Neither the other 27 million he is suspected of hiding, nor the alleged fortune in cryptocurrencies, have yet been found.
The police couple is currently behind bars. Óscar and his wife have two young daughters. As reported by El Confidencial and confirmed by El Periódico de España, investigators had proposed a deal to Sánchez Gil: if he admitted where he hid the money, they would seek the temporary release of his wife so that she could could take care of the children. But Sánchez Gil rejected the offer.
It is suspected that a large part of the money obtained from the conspiracy may be hidden in Dubai. This is a challenge for the investigation, as the authorities of this Emirate often do not cooperate with international anti-money laundering operations. A lot of ill-gotten wealth is hidden there, and the Dubai authorities are known not to cooperate with such operations.
Dubai authorities remain an impenetrable wall for major anti-money laundering and international fraud operations.
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