Throughout Turkey there are raids and searches in the case of the withdrawal of $ 419 million abroad. More than 400 people were arrested

Turkish law enforcement agencies detained 417 people suspected of withdrawing about 2.5 billion lires ($ 419 million) suspected of foreign banks, Anadolu reports. The investigation established that from January 1, 2017 they carried out more than 28 thousand bank transfer in the amount of 5 thousand lires ($ 850) each.

Police raids and searches began throughout Turkey on Tuesday morning, October 2. The security forces detained more than four hundred suspects in economic crimes. Later, the Istanbul Criminal Court issued a decision on the arrest, RBC reports citing Habertürk TV channel .

The detainees are suspected of laundering money, actions that harm the economy and the country's financial system. It was established that among the recipients of these transfers - for the most part, Iranians living in the United States.

According to the Turkish authorities, the suspects received a commission for transactions. In case of charges of suspects, criminal cases on a number of articles of the Criminal Code of Turkey may be instituted, including money laundering, creating a criminal group, and they can also be accused of violating the law "On the prevention of financing terrorism," TASS reports.

In May, in May, the Manhattan court sentenced to 32 months imprisonment of the high -ranking manager of the Turkish Bank Halkbank Mehmet Hakan Atil. According to the authorities, this credit institution was involved in the operation to circuit sanctions against Iran in the financial sector. According to experts, Iranians are actively withdrawing funds to other countries, becoming residents of other states.