Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya introduced the profitable fruits of Operation Cage-18, a coordinated anti-crime initiative carried out throughout 37 provinces that resulted within the dismantling of 39 nationwide and worldwide organized crime syndicates, with 257 suspects apprehended.
Taking to his social media, Yerlikaya reaffirmed the federal government’s unwavering dedication to making sure public peace by dismantling legal networks no matter their scale or affect.
“Operation Cage-18, executed simultaneously in 37 provinces, led to the dismantling of 39 organized crime structures, including nine national and local crime groups and 30 criminal factions aiding these organizations by providing weapons and other resources,” said Minister Yerlikaya. “The operation culminated in the capture of 257 individuals, including the masterminds behind these criminal enterprises.”
Under the management of the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Directorate of the General Directorate of Security, Operation Cage-18 focused key figures of a number of legal factions throughout a number of cities, together with the Nedim Baybaşin syndicate in Istanbul, Hakan Karakuş in Adana, Süleyman Sarıkaya in Diyarbakır and Çanakkale, Murat Temuçin in Eskişehir, Kubilay Çavuş in Eskişehir, Adil Eryiğitler in Mersin, Erkan Albay in Muğla, İnanç Meçhul in İzmir and Murat Kumak in Niğde.
The operations unveiled a spread of legal actions orchestrated by these syndicates, together with extortion via office violence for monetary achieve, weapon smuggling, drug trafficking and inner disputes resulting in armed confrontations over unlawful proceeds.
Moreover, the legal teams had been discovered to have interaction in usury, using numerous companies as a entrance to extort cash from people unable to repay money owed, resorting to threats backed by firearms.
“Further investigations revealed their control over security operations at entertainment venues, employing private security companies to carry out illegal activities such as extortion, violent confrontations and illicit financial schemes under the guise of charitable associations,” added Minister Yerlikaya.
Source: www.dailysabah.com