Hong Kong authorities detained four people between December 19 and 20 as part of an operation against a transnational money laundering organization, it became known this Thursday.
Dubbed Operation Machakagemas, the group was found to have laundered around HK$500 million (about €58 million) following a financial investigation and information sharing with Indian authorities, the Chinese government said. semi-autonomous region.
An investigation launched earlier this year found that the group set up diamond trading companies in Hong Kong and India in 2021 to export cheap synthetic diamonds from the former British colony, claiming they were valuable natural stones.
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