In Spain, a criminal group was exposed, which was involved in laundering dirty money from the Russian Federation, related to the Magnitsky case.
Members of the group are believed to have transferred millions of euros through bank accounts in Europe and then used them to buy real estate in Spain.
Spanish investigators, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, identified a group of Russian citizens who were engaged in this and a number of shell companies that did not carry out real business activities.
The dirty money went either to the accounts of these individuals to buy real estate, or to Spanish agencies with significant ties to the Russian community in Spain, to buy properties for the benefit of clients.