German police raid villa linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from on (#63WJE)
Special unit searches properties registered to Russian citizen at three addresses in Bavaria, says prosecutor
German police have raided several properties understood to belong to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, including his villa on Tegernsee lake in the southern state of Bavaria, on suspicion of money laundering and violations of EU sanctions.
A special unit consisting of over 250 police officers on Wednesday morning searched properties registered to a Russian citizen at three addresses in the municipality of Rottach-Egern in Upper Bavaria, the Munich state prosecutor said in a statement.
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