Two Syrians alleged to be laundering money for international terrorists were arrested in Spain's capital Madrid, Spanish police said Wednesday.
Bassan Dalati Satut, 48, and Samer Dabbas, 30, both from the Syrian city of Aleppo, said that they were channeling money from Arab investors into Spain's construction sector.
The two men are accused of creating front companies which operated in the real estate sector to launder money contributed by members or supporters of radical Islamic organizations, a police statement said.
Satut is alleged to have been given the money-laundering job from Mohamed Ghaleb Kalaje Zouaydi, who is serving a nine-year prison term in Spain for helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington.
Police also seized 120,000 euros (165,000 U.S. dollars), mobile phones and newspapers clippings about terror activities in an operation on Tuesday, the statement said.
Spanish police have increased their vigilance against Islamic terrorists since the March 11, 2004 attacks which killed 192 people in Madrid.
Source: Xinhua
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