Greek authorities have frozen a vast network of property, vehicles, and vessels linked to an alleged international cigarette smuggling ring, as investigators trace the flow of illicit profits and money laundering operations

Officials identified a Cuban national arriving in Athens via Turkey, who was found to be carrying 43 kilograms of undeclared cigars in his luggage.

Two men were arrested after authorities uncovered a large-scale operation distributing illicit tobacco products, with significant financial losses estimated for the state

Authorities remanded two suspects in custody while other defendants, including the alleged ringleaders, are set to appear before a prosecutor Wednesday in a large-scale tobacco smuggling investigation.

Authorities said the smuggling ring used special crypts build into the buses to smuggling the contraband into the country without customs control from an unnamed country in eastern Europe

According to reports, approximately 31 individuals were on board the vessel, with 27 of them finally rescued.

Customs officials conducted a physical investigation of 13 containers found in a warehouse at Greece’s largest airport after utilizing intelligence relayed by foreign law enforcement agencies