The goal: to make it impossible to trace illicit funds. To that purpose, the drug trafficking group that smuggled 13 tons of cocaine through the port of Algeciras (Cadiz) the largest haul ever seized in Spain allegedly had an extensive network of money launderers in place to move the enormous sums of money it generated. According to an investigation by Spain's Audiencia Nacional, a high court with jurisdiction over major crimes, this international web of collaborators included a Russian influencer,
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Grenfell United called the decision a "U-turn (and) yet another glaring example of a Government that abandons its duty and shamelessly betrays those it vowed to protect."