"According to the authorities, the value of the illegally exported goods was at least 30 million ($35.6 million). They are suspected of having run a network of shell firms to supply the Russian defense industry since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, bypassing EU sanctions. It is believed that Russian state agencies are behind the network, with 24 defense companies receiving around 16,000 deliveries from the network."
""Since at least the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, he and the other accused used the company on numerous occasions to clandestinely procure goods for Russian industry and export them to Russia," prosecutors said. "To conceal the transactions, the accused used at least one other shell company in Lubeck, sham customers in and outside the European Union, and a Russian company as a recipient, in which Nikita S. also holds a position of responsibility," they said in a statement."
German authorities carried out raids across the country in connection with exports to Russia in violation of EU sanctions. Five men were apprehended in and around Lubeck, and apartments in Frankfurt and Nuremberg were searched. Authorities estimate the illegally exported goods were worth at least 30 million dollars. Investigators suspect a network of shell firms supplied the Russian defense industry since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, potentially on behalf of Russian state agencies. Around 24 defense companies reportedly received roughly 16,000 deliveries. Arrested individuals include German, Russian and Ukrainian nationals; the main suspect is identified as Nikita S.
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