Cyprus
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05 November 2025|PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale and global operation against massive credit card fraud, coordinated this week by Eurojust, has led to the arrest of 18 suspects. The alleged perpetrators are suspected of setting up an intricate scheme of fake online subscriptions to dating, pornography and streaming services, among...
04 November 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Nine people suspected of money laundering have been arrested during a synchronised operation that took place in three countries at the same time. The suspects set up a cryptocurrency money laundering network that scammed victims out of over EUR 600 million. Eurojust, the EU’s judicial cooperation...
16 October 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Two individuals suspected of running several illegal online casino website have been charged and remanded in custody in France. Authorities were alerted of the website after victims came forward, complaining they were unable to withdraw their winnings. As some of the site managers were based in...
13 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An organised criminal group (OCG) operating globally has defrauded more than 100 victims of over EUR 3 million through a fake online investment platform. Cooperation between German, Cypriot, Albanian, British and Israeli investigators, supported by Eurojust and Europol, led to the dismantling of the...
27 January 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An international investigation spanning several years has led to the arrest of 23 criminals running a sophisticated money laundering scheme. The group acted as a financial service for other criminals to launder their profits. The scheme facilitated the laundering of approximately EUR 100 million. An...
07 November 2024|PRESS RELEASE
German and Cypriot authorities have launched a coordinated operation to block 13 fake investment platforms, with support from Eurojust and Europol. During a joint action day in Cyprus and Germany, four suspects were arrested for defrauding victims of millions of euros and for money laundering. The...
24 October 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale online investment scam has been dismantled with support of Eurojust. The perpetrators allegedly ran a fraud scheme that used fake investment platforms to deprive victims of at least EUR 300 million. At the request of the German authorities in Saxony, yesterday one suspect was arrested...
08 May 2024|PRESS RELEASE
National authorities in Austria, Cyprus and the Czech Republic have taken decisive action against an online scam pretending to sell rights or tokens to an alleged new crypto currency. In a coordinated operation, supported by Eurojust and Europol, the six main suspects were arrested and six places...
01 February 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Cyprus, Portugal and Latvia have dismantled a criminal network suspected of organising 133 sham marriages in Cyprus to facilitate illegal immigration into the European Union. During a joint action day carried out on 29 January, 15 suspects were arrested...
22 January 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Sweden have carried out a coordinated action against an organised crime group suspected of online trading fraud. The network defrauded numerous victims for several millions of euros in Germany and other European countries...