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Report 2019

Table 34. Main activities of the Customs Surveillance Service

COCAINE

Port of Barcelona. 10 containers

5,180kg

Submarine in Vigo

3,000kg

Port of Valencia. 13 Containers

2,659kg

Fishing Vessel “Gure Leire” in International Waters

2,394kg

HASHISH

Merchant “Elg” in International Waters

12,440kg

Operation “Candela-Narh” in Cádiz

7,740kg

Sailboat “Open Sea 5” in Ibiza

5,726kg

Sailboat “White Knight of NY” in International Waters

5,272kg

MARIJUANA

Plantations in Granada

7,543 plants

Plantations in Barcelona

4,000 plants

OTHER NARCOTIC DRUGS

Operation “Nomexmar”. Methamphetamine

751kg

Operation “Happy”. MDMA (ecstasy) laboratory

220kg

Operation “Piparrak”. speed laboratory

200kg

TOBACCO

Operation “Goliath-Kurt”. tobacco factory

14,000 kg bite and 953,274 packs

Operation “Dubai”. tobacco warehouse

12,980 kg tobacco cut and leaf

Operation “Joro”. tobacco factory

275 kg bite and 54,800 packs

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

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

24,853 articles

Port of Algeciras. 14 containers

160,929 articles

Operation “Aphrodite”. luxury products

8,000 items

FISCAL FRAUD

Operation “Copernicus”. VAT and special hydrocarbon tax fraud

62.5 Mill. Euros

Continuation of the “Hostelier” operation. Punishable insolvency

24.4 Mill. Euros

Operation “Fruit”. Collection Support. Investigation of risk debtors.

5.6 Mill. Euros

MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE

Operation “Mandarin”. Money laundering resulting 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 medications

20 Mill. units

Operation “Xilas”. Illegal medications

350,000 units