Spanish police said on Thursday they had arrested the head of one of Europe's biggest money-laundering rings, which had ties to a Costa del Sol drug gang and used the sale of high-end vodka to restaurants as a cover.
A police spokesman told Reuters in a phonecall that John Francis Morrissey, the high-profile ringleader of the gang and head of the Spanish operation, was arrested on Monday.
In total, three people were arrested in Spain and one in England, police said in a statement.
