arrested the director of a Gibraltar-based bank

National Police officers have arrested the director of a Gibraltar-based banking agency for his alleged involvement in the Marbella money laundering scam. He is accused of chanelling money into the south of Spain from Russia via Holland. According to a police source, the man, who used to manage a banking office in Marbella, was arrested on the La Alcaidesa residential estate located between Concepción and San Roque, which is one of 251 properties confiscated by police in the first phase of the operation. So far, a total of 48 people have been arrested in the investigation which is code-named "Operation White Whale."