Cocaine trafficking network exposed by following financial trail

A high-value target (HVT) at the heart of a major cocaine trafficking operation has been arrested, along with six other suspects. The arrests followed an investigation by French, Italian and Swiss authorities, coordinated by Eurojust and Europol. By tracing a financial trail, authorities uncovered a money laundering network that was laundering the illicit proceeds of a criminal group trafficking cocaine from South America into Europe.