Volume boss arrested in Poland

The alleged head of the on 15 May 2008 in the area of North Rhine-Westphalia disrupted cigarette smuggling ring has been arrested in Poland. After he was with an international arrest warrant from the prosecutor Arnsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis), therefore, on the 15th after he May 2008 could not be arrested. His extradition from Poland has been requested.

The Gdansk-born German citizen Axel L., residing in Langen near Frankfurt am Main, is considered the head of the alleged cigarette smuggling ring. He should be responsible for the procurement and the organization of transport of the cigarettes have been responsible, while a 33-year-old from Werl for the storage, distribution and marketing of cheap cigarettes to be competent.

The 48-year-olds are accused on various supply rails untaxed cigarettes from Eastern Europe on a grand scale in Germany and smuggled to markets here. "Currently, we expect Tatumfang 70 million untaxed cigarettes from which taxes in the amount of eleven million euros have been evaded," said the investigations of senior officials of the customs office in Frankfurt am Main.

The detainees now in Poland for his arrest was visibly surprised. He stayed for about three weeks in Poland.

ier 186,500 vehicles with smuggling cigarettes ...

... officials presented the Mobile control groups (MKG) to the main customs office in Frankfurt (Oder) on Monday noted.

Cigarettes in the trunk On the morning of the officers initially stopped MKG Gartz in Schwedt, a car with 38,500 pieces smuggled cigarettes. The cigarettes were in the underbody of the vehicle and were among the flaps by mats away.

In the afternoon there were officials of the MKG Frankfurt (Oder) A total of 80,000 pieces of cigarettes with Russian stamps in a German car on the highway 12th

On the evening were the Zöllner of MKG Or mountain near Strausberg successfully by a car with 50,000 cigarette smuggling stopped and checked.

Against 22:30 introduced a new clock control of MKG Gartz on Highway 11 to the determination of 18,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes in cavities of an vans pulled a small trailer.

Against a total of six Tatbeteiligte tax were criminal proceedings. The tax losses are together more than 32,000 euros.

The further investigation, the Berlin-Brandenburg Zollfahndungsamt over.


Crackdown against organized cigarette smuggling gang

26 provisional arrests, four million cigarettes seized
Cigarettes Confiscated

For weeks, the public prosecutor in Koblenz and the Zollfahndungsamt food service headquarters in Cologne-open an investigation on suspicion of tax evasion bandenmäßigen of commercial Steuerhehlerei and of violating the Trademark Act against an international gang of smugglers who are suspected in great style cigarettes from Eastern Europe to Germany einzuschmuggeln and to distribute here.

According to the prosecutor's office together with the Koblenz Zollfahndungsamt food as well as the Belgian law enforcement and customs authorities, the investigation led to suspect that the perpetrators of at least 16 million items of fake brand cigarettes into Germany and in several depots temporarily in order to then profitably sell. The resulting tax loss amounted to more than 2.8 million.

By order of the court were Koblenz on 19 and 20 May 2008 a number of warehouses and homes searched. In North Rhine-Westphalia were the objects in the towns of Herne Hürth and, further north in Rhineland-Palatinate and Belgium. These were significant forces of the Prosecutor Koblenz, Cologne customs and other federal and state authorities in use. Overall, there were two prosecutors of the Prosecutor Koblenz and 170 officials from the customs and the police involved. Special units of these authorities were also used.

Overall, this raid more than 20 properties searched and 26 people initially provisionally arrested. They were also four customs offender into the net against the already issued arrest warrants for similar offenses existed. The prosecution has Koblenz for the other detainees also sought arrest warrants.

In the objects in Herne Hürth and were more than four million smuggled cheap cigarettes found and confiscated by the container just been delivered.
The resulting tax loss is caused more than 700,000 euros. That the professional work gang was not harmless, proof of the discovery of a sharp automatic pistol including ammunition. The fact that the stores well, is proof of the discovery of more than 70,000 euro cash. Moreover, the perpetrators were in possession of several high-quality cars that also were seized. The other extensive investigations in Germany and abroad will still take months to complete Tatumfang to identify.