Detectives from the local and federal police services have sealed off a builders’ merchants in the Antwerp district of Merksem as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering. The company that is located on the Oostkaai has a turnover of millions of euro. There are suspicions that money from the company has been invested in criminal activities. Currently, no one has been arrested, but the investigation is still ongoing.
The company is a builders’ merchants that mainly supplies construction industry professional but also has some private customers.
In 2020 it was sealed off when it fails to respect the measures that were then in force to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Millions in turnover
The Antwerp prosecutor’s office said in a statement that “The construction company has been at the Merksem site since 2011 and has since grown into a business that generates million in turnover. Amongst other things, it has its own quay for unloading deliveries of goods that have been transported by boat”.
“Following the findings of the investigation so far it was decided that the company should be sealed off. Meanwhile, the investigation into money laundering continues”.