The newly formed Anti-Money Laundering Team has once again seized undeclared cash at the Malta International Airport, after carrying out searches targetting 'high risk flights'.

Customs Officials from the Anti-Money Laundering Team stopped a Georgian national, leaving to Istanbul, with eventual searches of his belongings turning up €35,000 in several denominations and currencies were taken from him.

€25,000 - the excess over the legal amount that can be carried without declaration - were seized pending investigation, while the passenger was placed under arrest by the Police Anti-Money Laundering Section.

Last year was a historical year for Customs not only in its results in their Anti-Money Laundering operations, but also in its narcotics seizures.

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