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Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after
intercepting 13 tons of chemical products bound for Russia.The investigation began in 2022 after Western countries imposed waves of
sanctions on Russia to prevent it from acquiring equipment and technologies for its war with Ukraine.Police and customs officials impounded
the chemical products found in a container in the port of Barcelona, Spanish national police said in a statement.A police spokeswoman told
AFP that four suspects were arrested in northeastern Catalonia on Oct
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