The Metropolitan Police – Violent Crime Squad, together with DIICOT prosecutors, executed 123 search warrants on Wednesday morning at homes and buildings owned or used by several individuals, as well as the offices and workplaces of certain legal entities. legal entities, in the city of Bucharest and 19 districts, in a case in which investigations are being carried out on the grounds of committing the crimes of creating an organized criminal group, blackmail, illegal deprivation of liberty, beating or other violence, destruction and facilitating a criminal.

“The case states that starting in 2018, an organized criminal group of the national level was created, the purpose of which was to commit, mainly, blackmail crimes, the object of which is the gambling business. The participants of the group, applying various forms of blackmail to representatives of some commercial companies, sought to eliminate competition in this field,” said a press release from the Bucharest Municipal Police General Directorate (DGPMB) sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.

Promotions take place in Bucharest and in the districts of Prahova, Brasov, Iasi, Suceava, Botosani, Tulcea, Constanța, Cluj, Timișoara, Vranca, Buzău, Bihor, Vilca, Dolj, Gorz, Sibiu, Bacău, Mures and Salai.

Also, by using similar methods and using acts of violence, they would prevent certain customers who were making significant profits from taking over.

“At the same time, customers who created problems will be prohibited from returning to the gaming halls controlled by members of the OZU, and they will charge them for damages caused to goods in the premises,” the message says. – reports the cited source.

40 persons suspected of involvement in criminal activities will be taken to the headquarters of DIICOT – the Central Structure for questioning.

This action is implemented with the support of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Organized Crime Directorate of the Romanian Police, as well as the Bucharest Organized Crime Brigade and the criminal investigation services in Bucharest and the districts where the searches are carried out. .

Special support was provided by the Directorate of Special Operations of the Romanian Police and the Technical Forensic Bureau of DIICOT.

SIAS-IGPR fighters and Romanian gendarmerie forces take part in the action. (Source Agerpress)