07.10.2025 10:56
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 46 out of 78 suspects captured in operations targeting seven separate organized crime groups across seven provinces have been arrested. Minister Yerlikaya stated that a precautionary measure has been implemented on assets valued at approximately 1 billion 40 million lira during the operation.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on his official X account that operations were carried out by the gendarmerie against 7 separate organized crime groups centered in 7 provinces.
46 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Sharing details about the operation, Yerlikaya stated: "We captured 78 suspects in our operations! 46 were arrested, and judicial control measures were applied to 27. The procedures for the others are ongoing. A precautionary measure was applied to assets valued at approximately 1 billion 40 million TL.
USURY, DRUGS, HUMAN SMUGGLING...
In coordination with the Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices and the Gendarmerie Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department; operations conducted by the Muğla, Diyarbakır, Kahramanmaraş, Kırklareli, Giresun, Samsun, and Karaman Provincial Gendarmerie Command teams revealed that the suspects;
In Muğla; were involved in organized human smuggling, in Kırklareli; obtained illegal reports through special education and rehabilitation centers to gain unfair profits, in Kahramanmaraş; organized drug trafficking, and in Giresun, Diyarbakır, Samsun, and Karaman; engaged in usury by charging high interest rates to citizens in distress.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE ON 1 BILLION WORTH OF ASSETS
As a result of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) data, a precautionary measure was applied to assets valued at approximately 1 billion 40 million TL belonging to suspects committing the crime of "Money Laundering from Criminal Activity"; including 7 workplaces, 1 shop, 6 residences, 4 vehicles, and 1 plot of land. I congratulate those involved."
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