[Auzzie News] A FORCE of 400 heavily armed tactical police have stormed 17 properties on Finland’s western borders ‐ many owned by mysterious Russian businessman Pavel Melnikov.The raids, which took place in September, included an assault on the tiny island of Sakkiluoto. The island held nine piers, a helipad, a camouflage-draped swimming pool, swarms of satellite dishes ‐ and barracks-like housing.
Officially, Finland’s KRP federal police are investigating a Russian real estate company for money laundering.
But many in Finland don’t believe these properties match their descriptions as luxury getaways or investment properties. And Finnish authorities have been unusually quiet about it all. This is seen as odd, given the crowing over similar corporate criminal cases in the past.
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