It was a illustrious travel company that curved through Naples: An Armenian, a young Romanian and two Italians were sitting in a black Mercedes with a Erfurt the number plate. Would this 17. February 2014 everything went smoothly, then probably 124.550 Euro would be counterfeit money in circulation in Germany.

That this is not the case, is up to two Carabinieri guard of Naples-Arenaccia. The two black luxury sedan was on this day towards the 21 clock with German number plates. The Italian investigation documents, the existence of the MIRROR and the MDR. The two police officers stopped the car and checked the occupants. They found that the car had been checked some hours before – and the Armenians noticed with 5.265 euros in cash.

So the police asked where the money was. This question could not be answered by the Armenians from Erfurt clear, so that the police officers searched the car and the occupants by and 124.550 Euro counterfeit money found. Apparently, the false euros had been paid for with the nearly 5300 real Euro. The destination of the counterfeit currency, it suggests the officials should be Erfurt.

The Armenian, the Romanian, and the two Italians arrived in Naples in custody. After a few days they were allowed to leave the country, however, and were later sentenced in absentia by a court in Naples. The Italian authorities informed the Federal criminal police office (BKA), which is for the contacts with foreign authorities responsible.

Erfurt counterfeit money

The BKA informed, in turn, in March 2014, the Thuringian state office of criminal investigation (LKA). There, the investigators were immediately suspicious. Since December 2013, to a method of delivery against a number of Armenians from Erfurt on suspicion of dissemination of counterfeit money. However, the investigation was not progressing properly. That changed when the BKA-notification was received. In Naples, found flowers, the Convention originated with the Erfurt found counterfeit money. In addition, the in Naples arrested Armenians belonged to the group of suspects in the Erfurt counterfeit money case. Betxlarge The Thuringian authorities, the suspects either as the alleged members of the Armenian Mafia, or you to expect, at least in your environment.

The LKA and the Organised crime, the competent public Prosecutor’s office Gera pushed forward with this new information the procedure. Especially since many of the accused persons in many Parts of the shooting were also at the infamous Armenian Mafia in July 2014 in Erfurt, Germany. At that time, two men were badly hurt when two Clans clashed in front of a casino in a confrontation and 20 shots were fired.

What nobody ever checked but, apparently, in the Thuringian LKA, were the backgrounds of the two Italians in the vehicle. Not, why they were both in Naples in February 2014. Such a test would have brought investigators to an exciting development.

Michele S.* and Paolo H.* do not live in Italy, but in Hannover. As well as a wide-ranging relationship of wives, siblings, schwa like, uncles, aunts, sons and daughters. According to information of the MIRROR and of the MDR, lead, traces from this family network to one of the most powerful mafia organizations in the world: the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta.

Among other things, the spouse of Michele S. is to come from the Calabrian Ferrazzo Clan. Already in 2008 the BKA activities of the clan, had registered in Germany, including Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia. According to an internal list of people also Paolo H. Connections to the Ferrazzo Clan. One of his nephew is said to have married into the Calabrian Mafia group.

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These two Italians with Connections to the ‘Ndrangheta were in the counterfeit money action in Naples, together with a suspected Armenian Mafia member from Erfurt to get caught. However, the public Prosecutor’s office Gera saw this connection clearly. You shall at the request, the was determined against the two Italians, in Thuringia, because there was no suspicion of a Crime. Therefore, they had not been checked also.

The suspicion that the Armenian and Italian Mafia could work together is not new. A few years ago, the Thuringian investigators had found that the alleged Armenian Mafia members, including the counterfeit money dealer, in Erfurt Italian Restaurant. This should be in the hands of members of an ‘Ndrangheta cell.

the contact between The Armenian counterfeit money dealers and one of the two Italian ‘Ndrangheta Connections anyway. According to the MIRROR, and MDR-information were both on 28. July of this year, at a traffic control in Erfurt together in a car review. What Paolo is, in Erfurt has been made, couldn’t find out the police so far.

the two Italians were competent LKA lower Saxony holds back. On demand only confirms that the false monetary Fund in Naples, the authority was known. Investigations in the specific case, have given it but no. The BKA stated that it will not comment for reasons of data protection to persons and procedures.

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