The investigators claim that they discovered two groups, established in Suceava county, which would control 20 commercial companies, with the main object of activity in the forestry field, respectively “Forest exploitation”, “Forestry and other forestry activities”, “Collection of non-timber forest products from spontaneous flora”, “Cutting and planing of wood” and “Wholesale of wood and construction materials and sanitary equipment”. Two criminal groups, discovered and spun by the Romanian Police

“The searches are carried out in order to complete the evidentiary material in two criminal files, in which investigations are being carried out, in terms of committing the crimes of tax evasion, money laundering, illegal cutting of trees from the national forest fund and embezzlement”, the Romanian Police said. At the same time, the headquarters of some forestry units were stormed (17). The Romanian police carried out checks in Bucharest (1), Alba (2), Bacau (1), Bihor (1), Bistrița-Năsăud (1), Cluj (2), Constanța (33), Dolj (1), Harghita ( 1), Iași (4), Ialomița (1), Ilfov (1), Mureș (1), Neamț (4), Olt (1), Suceava (85) and Teleorman (6), at the registered offices (39) and workplaces (57) of some companies, but also at the homes of natural persons (33) involved in criminal activity. This morning, the law enforcement officers raided almost half of the country for the wood mafia.

The investigators’ research revealed surprising details. On Wednesday morning, the policemen of the Directorate of Economic Crime Investigation descended on 146 addresses in several counties of the country in a huge file of tax evasion, money laundering, unauthorized cutting of trees and embezzlement.

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