We’ve been following a story in Denmark involving drug trafficking and the mink industry!
On October 1, the National Special Crime Unit (Danish version of the FBI) raided properties across Denmark and arrested 10 people. All are charged with money laundering, and one man identified as the “mastermind” of the scheme also faces charges of drug smuggling (including an attempt to smuggle cocaine hidden in wine bottles into the country). According to news reports the defendants received large sums of cash from drug sales in exchange for mink pelts that were then sold to China to obtain “clean” money. It’s alleged that more than DKK 30 million (approx. US$4.4 million) in illegal drug proceeds were laundered by the group.
The defendants include people who have a prominent role in the international mink industry, but the courts have banned the release of the defendants names, at least for now. Stay tuned!
(graphic copied from a Danish news report)