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Chinese traders strike in Spain over crackdown
Chinese businesses in a major trading estate in Madrid staged a rare strike Saturday to protest a police crackdown on alleged money-laundering which they said had stigmatized them. Hundreds of warehouses in the Cobo Calleja industrial zone, considered the biggest Chinese wholesale hub in Europe, shut down for the day…
Chinese mafia suspects appear in Spanish court
Several suspects arrested in Spain as part of a probe into Chinese gangs suspected of laundering tens of millions of euros each year appeared in court for questioning Wednesday. Ten of the over 80 people detained in raids carried out on Tuesday across Spain arrived at the central Madrid court…
Porn star caught in Spanish raid on Chinese mob
Spanish police arrested 60 people in raids on Chinese mobsters and accomplices, including a Spanish porn star, suspected of laundering money from prostitution and extortion, authorities said Tuesday. Hundreds of officers were carrying out raids in Madrid and Barcelona with warrants to arrest 108 people and search 120 properties on…
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