• In the first action, nearly 100,000 euros in exchange were seized, distributed in more than 67,000 US dollars, 10,000 Swiss francs, more than 12,000 euros and 13,500 pounds sterling.
• The second resulted in the seizure of nearly 10,500 pounds sterling and more than 400 euros
• They were reported to the Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses

September 8, 2023.- Officials of the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, together with Civil Guards of the Fiscal and Border Company of the port of Bilbao, both acting as Guard State Prosecutor under the functional dependence of the Regional Customs and II.EE Unit. of the Basque Country, intervened in two different actions and in a period of two days, nearly 112,000 euros in various currencies.

The first operation took place on August 10, when investigators from the Customs Surveillance Service and the Civil Guard were controlling the shipment of vehicles and goods on the ferry that connects the port of Bilbao with that of Rosslare (Ireland).

Within the framework of the actions carried out, the investigators inspected a vehicle with a Ukrainian license plate, locating inside a suitcase nearly 67,000 US dollars, 10,000 Swiss francs, 12,000 euros and 13,500 pounds sterling, with an amount close to 100,000 euros per change.

When the driver of the vehicle was asked for the customs document declaring payment movements (S-1), he stated that he did not have it, so the money was seized.

The next action occurred on August 12, during the search of a vehicle that was disembarking from a ship from the United Kingdom, finding inside a backpack owned by the driver with nearly 10,500 pounds sterling and more than 400 euros, which in exchange They amounted to around 12,500 euros. As in the previous case, this person did not present the necessary mandatory declaration of payment transactions to the agents, so the money was seized.

The sums of the two monetary interventions give a result close to 112,000 euros at the exchange rate.

The two people were reported to the Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses, with the penalty they face being up to 50% of the value of the means of payment used.