Spanish authorities have unearthed a suspected trade-based money laundering (TBML) operation in which a criminal network adulterated highly priced saffron to launder millions of euros.

The network falsified documents to pass off the saffron they sold as a high-grade version of the spice whereas in reality it was not only a cheaper grade, it was also adulterated.

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