30 people in 15 Spanish provinces have been arrested for defrauding 120 million € in the sale of fuel.

 In addition 23 searches have been carried out in homes and businesses which have recovered assets of 55 million €.

Up to now 79 top of the range vehicles, 209 properties and 20 million € have all been impounded, along with 3.5 million litres of fuel.
Two organisations were broken up by the Guardia Civil and the Agencia Tributaria. 

They purchased a large amount of diesel and petrol, avoiding the payment of IVA/VAT, which allowed them to lower their prices without competition.

They had contacts in European and Arab countries and to gain confidence from the client, presented themselves with people of prestige from the sector.

They had links to Germany, Britain, Pakistan, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, and Panama, and it has been estimated that the volume of business detected in bank accounts linked to these criminal organisations is over a billion €.

The National Fraud Investing Office, (ONIF) coordinated the operation which was called ‘Bashnya’ and started in February last year.