Eleven defendants were accused by the Public Ministry for carrying out more than a dozen robberies of banks, security vans and currency exchange offices. The Public Ministry charges the defendants with criminal association, qualified robbery and illegal possession of weapons.
The investigations are believed to have identified the suspects as responsible for a wave of robberies that affected several financial institutions. The crimes are believed to have been committed over a period that has not yet been specified in the article.
The Public Ministry states that the robberies involved elaborate planning and posed a risk to public safety. Some of the defendants are already in preventive detention.
The case now proceeds to court, where the defendants will answer for the crimes attributed to them.
