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2019 Report

Table 34. Main activities of the Customs Surveillance Service

COCAINE

Port of Barcelona. 10 containers

5.180 kg

Submarine in Vigo

3,000 kg

Port of Valencia. 13 Containers

2.659 kg

Fishing vessel “Gure Leire” in international waters

2.394 kg

HASHISH

Merchant vessel “Elg” in international waters

12.440 kg

Operation “Candela-Narh” in Cadiz

7.740 kg

Sailboat “Open Sea 5” in Ibiza

5.726 kg

Sailboat “White Knight of NY” in International Waters

5.272 kg

MARIJUANA

Plantations in Granada

7,543 plants

Plantations in Barcelona

4,000 plants

OTHER NARCOTIC DRUGS

Operation “Nomexmar”. Methamphetamine

751 kg

Operation “Happy”. MDMA (ecstasy) laboratory

220 kg

Operation “Piparrak”. Speed Lab

200 kg

TOBACCO

Operation “Goliath-Kurt”. Tobacco factory

14,000 kg bite and 953,274 packs

Operation “Dubai”. Tobacco warehouse

12.980 kg of tobacco leaves and cut tobacco

Operation “Joro”. Tobacco factory

275 kg bite and 54,800 packs

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Counterfeit clothing worth 1 million euros in Elche and the port of Alicante

24,853 articles

Port of Algeciras. 14 containers

160,929 items

Operation “Aphrodite”. Luxury products

8,000 items

FISCAL FRAUD

Operation “Copernicus”. VAT and special hydrocarbon tax fraud

62.5 Mill. Euros

Continuation of the “Hostelero” operation. Punishable insolvency

24.4 Mill. Euros

Operation “Fruit”. Fundraising Support. Research on high-risk debtors.

5.6 Mill. Euros

MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE

Operation “Mandarin”. Money laundering from crimes against industrial property

38 Mill. euros

Operation “Boss”. Money laundering from drug trafficking

8.4 Mill. Euros

Continuation of Operation “Isturgi-Sliperry”. Money laundering from drug trafficking

6.3 Mill. Euros

Operation “Bull”. Money laundering from drug trafficking

4.6 Mill. Euros

SMUGGLING OTHER KINDS

Operation “Pale”. Illegal drugs

20 Mill. units

Operation “Xilas”. Illegal drugs

350,000 units