The organised crime group (OCG), which has now been dismantled, targeted victims across the European Union from professionally organised call centres in Moldova. The network consisted of Romanian, Moldovan, Ukrainian and Italian suspects who managed to secure the personal data of victims. With this data, they managed to obtain banking details of the victims, allowing them to make payments into accounts belonging to the network. In total, thirty victims have been identified, with the financial losses amounting to a total of EUR 20 million.

Today’s actions in Romania and Moldova focused on a specific group within the OCG, which was responsible for opening various bank accounts, often using false Romanian identity documents, to hide the criminal proceeds. Via a network of myriad accounts and various financial platforms, the money was further transferred to render investigations into the proceeds more difficult. In addition, the money was converted into cryptocurrencies and traded between various electronic wallets.

The criminal activities of the network have been ongoing since at least 2013. Detailed investigations into the criminal group were initiated in November 2022 by the Moldovan Prosecutor’s Office for Combatting Organised Crime and Special Cases.

Eurojust assisted with the setting up of the JIT in March 2025 and also supported the authorities in Romania and Moldova with the execution of requests for European Investigation Orders. Moldova is one of the twelve countries that have a Liaison Prosecutor^* at Eurojust.

The operations in this case were carried out at the request of and by the following authorities:

• Romania: Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Galati Regional Structure
• Moldova: Prosecutor’s Office for Combatting Organised Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS)

* The other countries are: Albania, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.