• In the first operation, nearly 100,000 euros 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 Offences

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 State Fiscal Guard under the functional dependency of the Regional Customs and Excise Department. from the Basque Country, intervened in two different operations and in a period of two days, close to 112,000 euros in various currencies.

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

During the investigation, investigators inspected a vehicle with Ukrainian registration plates, locating in a suitcase approximately 67,000 US dollars, 10,000 Swiss francs, 12,000 euros and 13,500 pounds sterling, with an amount close to 100,000 euros at the current exchange rate.

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

The next incident occurred on 12 August, during a search of a vehicle disembarking from a ship from the United Kingdom, and a backpack belonging to the driver was found to contain around 10,500 pounds sterling and more than 400 euros, which at the current exchange rate was around 12,500 euros. As in the previous case, this person did not submit the required declaration of payment transactions to the agents, so the money was seized.

The sum of the two monetary interventions gives a result close to 112,000 euros at the current exchange rate.

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