Yerlikaya, a press conference organized in the Ministry of Interior, national and international drug trafficking and trying to launder the income they have obtained from this crime, organized criminal organizations in the morning, said they carried out a very large operation in the morning.
Yerlikaya, called “Tuna-Bulut” operation, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security, Department of Narcotics Crime, Interpol-Europol Department, Istanbul Police Department, Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), European Police Organization Europol, Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Belgium, the police in Istanbul-based regulation in Istanbul.
In the operation, France, England, Australia, USA, Greece, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia, Brazil and Iranian police organizations, information and documents shared with the Yerlikaya, “Tunaos-Bulut operation of our goal was 4 different international drug organizations. We have determined that heroin is trying to produce and ship extra items through Skunk and European countries through Balkan countries. ” he said.
Yerlikaya also noted that these criminal organizations also carried out the shipment of the intermediate chemicals of the Far East origin, which they use in drug production to European countries, gave the following information:
“The target persons we have determined were also responsible for 21 tons of 251 kilos of drugs and 3 million 320 thousand tablet drug pills seized in our country and abroad. We had a giant structuring of international dimensions. We have committed crimes such as ‘blackmail’ with a total of 234 senior organized crime organizations in the morning.
“We sent a heavy blow to poison traders”
Minister Yerlikaya, pointing out that the operation is still continuing at home and outside, “These international organized criminal organizations in our country by MASAK so far determined by 681 immovables, 127 vehicles, 113 companies with the shareholders of the suspects, including the bank accounts of the suspects, we have confiscated the assets worth approximately 13 billion pounds.” he said.
Emphasizing that the teams carried out their work in great care and confidentiality for 8 months for this operation, Yerlikaya said that they solved the communication password structures used by the criminal organizations they pursued in this process.
Criminal organizations, drug networks, routes they use, money laundering methods, who they are in communication with all of them to reveal all of them, Yerlikaya, the cooperation with Europol is important enough to be noted in history.
Yerlikaya, Operations for criminal organizations, coordination of Europol’un a key role, all the relevant countries came together, and said that common strategies have been developed, said:
“The structure of criminal networks with inter -institutional data sharing was mapped. Thus, the connections of other investigations were revealed. In this cooperation, the tracking of the target persons were followed. A real -time coordination platform was established between countries. The strategy was instantly changes in the strategy. And we have been a heavy blow to poison traffickers and organized criminal organizations all over the world, thanks to all these strong cooperations with our security units and international security organizations.
“We will continue the struggle”
Stating that these operations, which are carried out simultaneously in 5 countries with Turkey, clearly show that they do not know boundaries in cross -border crimes, Yerlikaya said, “Even this operation has once again demonstrated how Türkiye has put forward not only within its borders, but also in the global level.” he said.
Minister Yerlikaya continued as follows:
“Our country is a game-founder country not only within its own borders, but also in the region and in the world. Criminal organizations should know very well that no place is safe for them. I would like to thank the Istanbul Police Department, the Branch of Narcotics Crimes, to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, to the European Police Organization, and the police organizations who participated in the operation in the Holland, Germany, Spain and Belgium. we will. “
