Under the coordination of the Ministry of the Interior, the Presidency of the Directorate-General for Security, Combating Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM), in the framework of the fight against smuggled tobacco and tobacco products, “Operation Breath-2” against 9 criminal groups in 7 provinces with the aim of arresting 198 suspects detained for membership of a criminal organization.
According to the statement of the ministry, the activities continued after the previous operations in the framework of the fight against organized crime groups under the coordination of the KOM chairmanship of the Directorate-General for Security.
In this context, under the coordination of the KOM presidency, in line with the instructions of the Chief Public Prosecutor, action has been taken to prevent tax loss, to end the illegal activities of criminal groups and to prevent the accessibility of illegal products to public.
9 criminal groups were identified that were active at 583 addresses in Adana, Balıkesir, Gaziantep, İzmir, Kocaeli, Mardin and Şanlıurfa.
Subsequently, the “Nefes-2 operation” was simultaneously carried out in the morning to arrest 198 suspects against whom the chief prosecutor had issued arrest warrants.
108 CRIMINAL GROUPS DISCOVERED IN 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Under the coordination of the KOM presidency, 108 criminal groups were deciphered in other operations, most notably “Nefes”, in 2022 against tobacco products and macaron smuggling.
In this context, 4.7 million packs of smuggled cigarettes, 1.3 billion empty macarons, 425 million filled macarons, 273 tons of tobacco products and 329 thousand cigars were seized in 6,115 operations carried out in 9 months of the year.
In addition, 323 illegally filled macaron factories were deciphered and the operations prevented a tax loss of 625 million lire.
According to the statement of the ministry, the activities continued after the previous operations in the framework of the fight against organized crime groups under the coordination of the KOM chairmanship of the Directorate-General for Security.
In this context, under the coordination of the KOM presidency, in line with the instructions of the Chief Public Prosecutor, action has been taken to prevent tax loss, to end the illegal activities of criminal groups and to prevent the accessibility of illegal products to public.
9 criminal groups were identified that were active at 583 addresses in Adana, Balıkesir, Gaziantep, İzmir, Kocaeli, Mardin and Şanlıurfa.
Subsequently, the “Nefes-2 operation” was simultaneously carried out in the morning to arrest 198 suspects against whom the chief prosecutor had issued arrest warrants.
108 CRIMINAL GROUPS DISCOVERED IN 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Under the coordination of the KOM presidency, 108 criminal groups were deciphered in other operations, most notably “Nefes”, in 2022 against tobacco products and macaron smuggling.
In this context, 4.7 million packs of smuggled cigarettes, 1.3 billion empty macarons, 425 million filled macarons, 273 tons of tobacco products and 329 thousand cigars were seized in 6,115 operations carried out in 9 months of the year.
In addition, 323 illegally filled macaron factories were deciphered and the operations prevented a tax loss of 625 million lire.