Police seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown

European law enforcement authorities arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers in a joint action targeting an unnamed company suspected of providing fraudulent trading websites to criminal gangs.

Supported by Europol and Eurojust, this coordinated international action involved authorities from Albania, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Kosovo, and North Macedonia and followed four years of investigation and earlier interventions in 2022 and 2025.

The investigation began in 2022 after a German couple reported they couldn't withdraw money invested through an online trading platform, leading investigators to link multiple call center operators behind investment scams to potential victims in at least 50 countries.

"The action follows four years of investigation and earlier interventions in 2022 and 2025. Evidence gathered during those operations led to the company allegedly operating the 'crime-as-a-service' model from Cyprus and Israel. Investigators also identified suspected clients operating fraudulent call centres in Albania, Kosovo* and North Macedonia," Europol said.