Italian police have broken up a complex money laundering operation and an illegal metal recycling business that had enabled criminals to transfer huge amounts of illicit cash between Italy and China according to the Reuters news agency.

The report follows news that in 15 people were arrested earlier this year in Italy and Slovakia for their suspected involvement in an illegal trafficking of metal waste operation involving a string of fictitious companies in Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, China and Malaysia.

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