Europol is claiming to have helped dismantle an organized crime group that defrauded US banks out of an estimated €12m ($14.4m) One a single day in October last year, an international police team led by the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and the US Secret Service carried out 40 house searches, arrested 37 suspects and seized 13 luxury cars. As a result of Operation Secreto, they also froze 87 bank accounts holding a total of €1.3m (£1.6m).

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