On Wednesday,  police announced they arrested 63 people for gold smuggling. According to a report from  (AP), police seized cash, gold bars, and other items, totaling about two million  (roughly 2.3 million  ). Police said the scheme had involved at least two collaborating criminal networks over two years or longer. The suspects had allegedly been melting the gold items and exporting the gold to  using tour buses to avoid taxes, and to  . The gold was allegedly smuggled through a number of pawn shops, according to AP.
On Wednesday, Greek police announced they arrested 63 people for gold smuggling. According to a report from Associated Press (AP), police seized cash, gold bars, and other items, totaling about two million euros (roughly 2.3 million US dollars ). Police said the scheme had involved at least two collaborating criminal networks over two years or longer. The suspects had allegedly been melting the gold items and exporting the gold to Turkey using tour buses to avoid taxes, and to Germany . The gold was allegedly smuggled through a number of pawn shops, according to AP.
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