On 7 March 2016, the German Police (Hessisches Landeskriminalamt) from Wiesbaden, in close cooperation with law enforcement officers from Latvia, the UK and Europol, disrupted an international criminal group involved in phishing, hacking bank accounts, spreading malware, fraudulent transactions and money laundering. Losses incurred by the criminals activities are estimated to be several million euros.
In the framework of the whole operation, 3 targets were arrested on Tuesday 7 March, from 12 main suspects. During the operation, police were able to confiscate numerous computers, mobile phones, bank cards, SIM cards and digital storage media.
This operation resulted in multiple house searches and the arrest of the main suspects of the organised criminal group. Police officers were deployed on the spot in Schwerin (Germany), Latvia and the UK. Two Europol officers were also deployed to Germany and Latvia to provide analysis of new data found during the house searches.
Källa: Latvia, the UK and Europol disrupt an organised crime group involved in phishing | Europol
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