Call centres dismantled and ten arrested in EUR 50 million online fraud case – Europol, Eurojust, Austrian, and Albanian authorities seize nearly EUR 900 000 in cash and large amounts of IT infrastructure

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Call centres dismantled and ten arrested in EUR 50 million online fraud case – Europol, Eurojust, Austrian, and Albanian authorities seize nearly EUR 900 000 in cash and large amounts of IT infrastructure | Europol

Europol · 2026-04-29 · via News

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