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Investigators in the Netherlands raided three potato and onion exporters this week amid growing indications that organized crime syndicates are using Dutch agribusinesses to launder millions of euros in illicit cash. National police and agents with the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service, or FIOD, swooped in on the firms' locations in the coastal provinces of Zeeland and North Holland and placed their accountants under investigation, the Public Prosecution Service, which is leading the case, claimed in a statement Wednesday. "The export of potatoes and onions appears to be susceptible to large-scale money laundering due to cash flows," prosecutors said....