Dozens arrested in fuel cheating racket crackdown

The police, through the National Directorate of Investigation of the Judicial Police, in coordination with the Ecuadorian Navy, carried out operation Tsunami 3.0. The operation resulted in the arrest of 13 crew members of a fishing boat carrying fuel without justifying its legality.

The fuel smuggling rings that were dismantled by the Hellenic Police had reduced their criminal activity to a "science", as they had created security controls to avoid extraordinary inspections.

Among those arrested is a relative of a murdered Greek Mafia member - A major Greek FBI operation is underway in Athens and Thessaloniki

Dozens arrested in fuel cheating racket crackdown

Police have unraveled a major fuel scam, arresting 61 individuals connected to two criminal networks. The ringleaders, a father and son duo, operated a company that installed illegal software in gas stations to manipulate fuel pumps.

Three men were arrested and a woman arrested for storage, marketing and illegal purchase of fuel. Detainees transported 26 fuel drums in a minibus, intercepted in the Aguirre Rural District, at the height of...

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced on Wednesday morning that a specialized operation is being carried out across the country to combat smuggling and fuel tax evasion, and later in the day he visited a center at the Directorate of