Australia's most wanted man, Hakan Ayik, got nabbed in Turkey. He used to roll with the Sydney Comanchero bikie gang and had been on the run from the Aussie cops since 2010.
Ayik, along with some other familiar Aussie faces like Baris Tukel, Erkan Dogan, and Sibel Arif, found themselves in hot water. A Turkish news site, SonDakika.com, spilled the beans on these arrests. The Turkish police came down heavy with their big guns, and they supposedly snagged a hefty pile of cash.
This Turkish news website said that they rounded up a total of 37 folks. The Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs, Ali Yerlikaya, spilled the beans about the loot – about $250 million (which is around $161 million USD) worth of assets got snatched during the raid.
Yerlikaya dropped a bombshell in his statement, saying, "These gang leaders, along with Turkish organization heads and members, as well as foreign crew members, roll into our turf, do their dirty deeds, smuggle drugs from South America to places like Australia, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong, via South Korea and South Africa. They're making these crimes a worldwide gig, and we've got the scoop on them trying to clean up their dirty money here."
Ayik had some serious heat on him, with both Australia and the United States wanting a piece of him, thanks to Interpol's red notice. They knew him as "Big Hux" or the "Facebook Gangster" – dude even went under the knife to change his looks.
The Turkish authorities dropping the hammer on Ayik is a massive deal in the underworld history of Turkey. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) gave props to the Turkish National Police for taking the fight to these alleged international crime players.
But, don't hold your breath on Ayik heading back Down Under – he's got Turkish citizenship, and that's a game-changer. The guy's got stacks of cash, and they're saying it's around $800 million (approximately $515 million USD).
The AFP made it clear they're in cahoots with Turkey when it comes to fighting transnational serious organized crime. They're all about Operation Gain and their squad in Ankara.
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