Officials arrested 41 people from five countries Sunday in connection with a trans-European money laundering operation. The individuals are suspected in laundering US$300 million in gang-related activities such as prostitution, murder  and arms and drug trafficking, according to police with Interpol and Europol . The BBC reported citizens of Spain, France, Finland Russia and Ukraine were among those arrested and charged with illegally siphoning money from Yukos , a large Russian oil company. Yukos maintains it was unaware of such activities. The crackdown went by code name Operation White Whale and was a joint effort between Spain and Russia, officials said. The arrests were centered in the Costa del Sol area of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast.
Officials arrested 41 people from five countries Sunday in connection with a trans-European operation. The individuals are suspected in laundering US$300 million in gang-related activities such as prostitution, murder , and arms and drug trafficking, according to police with Interpol and . The BBC reported citizens of , , , , and were among those arrested and charged with illegally siphoning money from , a large Russian oil company. Yukos maintains it was unaware of such activities. The crackdown went by code name and was a joint effort between Spain and Russia, officials said. The arrests were centered in the area of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast.
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