Italian and Romanian judicial authorities, with Eurojust’s support, dismantle major criminal network in financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering

Italian and Romanian judicial authorities, with Eurojusts support, dismantle major criminal network in financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering

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http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/press/PressReleases/Pages/2020/2020-07-07.aspx

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

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Crime, Agencies of the European Union, Law enforcement in Europe, Government, Eurojust, European Union, Europol, Cybercrime, Money laundering, Law enforcement in Italy, Organized crime, Fraud

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Italian and Romanian judicial authorities, with Eurojusts support, dismantle major criminal network in financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering
Judicial authorities and police in Italy and Romania, with Eurojust and Europol support dismantled a criminal network responsible for big-scale financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering.
12 suspects were arrested today (8 in Italy and 4 in Romania), including the two leaders of the organised criminal group (OCG).
This way the criminals were laundering the criminal proceeds resulted from this the cybercrime activities, estimated to have caused 20 million losses for citizens throughout Europe.
Several Romanian police units were involved, respectively Dambovita County Police, Services for Combating Organized Crime Valcea and Bistrita-Nasaud, Service for Criminal Investigations Valcea.