The Hong Kong Customs first detected the money laundering case of transnational diamond trade, involving the amount of approximately HK $ 500 million (about $ 84 million).
Hong Kong Customs on Thursday (December 28) in government news bulletin notifications. Customs officers locked a multinational cleaning money group earlier this year, launched a wealth survey, and conducted intelligence exchanges with the Indian customs.The survey found that the group members set up a diamond trading company in Hong Kong and India. They suspected that they exported a large number of low -value artificial diamonds from Hong Kong to India during 2021.The huge amount of suspicious funds remitted from India to Hong Kong, and the total suspicious transaction during the above period was as high as HK $ 500 million.
After in -depth investigation, the Hong Kong Customs personnel adopted a law enforcement operation code -named "Breaking Drilling" from December 19th to 20th.It is believed that the benefit of the benefit of the crime of public prosecution "(commonly known as black money) was charged, and four people who were aged aged 30 to 56 were arrested.I believe that it is the main brain, backbone and grass -roots members of the multinational money -cleaning group.
此外，香港海关人员在涉案人士的住宅及商业单位中，检获大量怀疑人造钻石、少量天然钻石、折合约100万港元外币现金、多部手提电话、电脑、公司印章、Bank checkbooks, bank cards, bank documents and entry and exit documents.Customs officers have frozen a total of about 8.2 million Hong Kong dollars assets in the name of the case.
The case is still under investigation, and the four arrested people are currently being released on bail. It is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
According to the regulations of organizational and severe crimes, if anyone knows or has reasonable reasons to believe in any property, regardless of all, direct or indirectly, it means that anyone who benefits from the crime of public prosecution and still handle it.The property is a crime.Once convicted, the maximum of HK $ 5 million and imprisonment for 14 years can be confiscated.
