Four detained in money laundering probe across Germany

German police and customs investigators have detained four people in connection with a suspected money laundering network, prosecutors and the customs office in the south-western city of Stuttgart said on Thursday.

Three further suspected members of the network were detained in the Stuttgart area, in Hamburg and in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The suspects are alleged to have built a complex network of numerous accounts in Germany and abroad, as well as several shell companies.