31 person arrested in Serbia, state budget damaged by almost 1.5 million euros

(Patria) - Police in several cities in Serbia have arrested 31 people on suspicion of committing a number of criminal offenses of money laundering, tax evasion, and tax fraud, thereby damaging the state budget by approximately 166,466,000 dinars /around 1,421,181 euros/, and acquiring unlawful property gain of approximately 573,708,000 dinars /around 4,897,957 euros/, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia announced.

These individuals are suspected of having organized the opening of 139 entrepreneurial businesses, through other natural persons, whose predominant activity is the dismantling of wrecks or the collection of non-hazardous waste, which the suspects actually managed and were authorized to dispose of funds from the accounts of these entrepreneurial businesses.

The suspects, who were arrested as part of the ongoing anti-corruption operation, were taken to the competent prosecutor's office with criminal charges.