Spain arrests 'Farc suspects' - Europe - Al Jazeera English: "Spanish police have arrested 41 people suspected of financing the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebel group with laundered money allegedly from drug trafficking operations.
More than 250 officers took part in the operation on Friday, in which police searched 27 homes and money transfer offices in 13 cities and towns across the country, including Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante, a police statement said.
Spanish police opened their investigation in August 2008 after noticing a 'very significant rise' in the amount of money being transferred from Spain to Colombia and Ecuador.
'During the investigation it transpired that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or some of its members may have been the recipients of part of the funds,' the police statement said.
They estimate that since they opened their investigation the group under investigation sent more than $270m raised from the sale of narcotics across Europe to Colombia and Ecuador."
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