Yevropa huquqni muhofaza qilish organlari yetti gumondorni hibsga oldi va jinoiy to'dalarga firibgar savdo veb-saytlarini taqdim etishda gumon qilingan nomi oshkor etilmagan kompaniyaga qarshi birgalikdagi harakat doirasida 100 dan ortiq serverni musodara qildi.
Europol va Eurojust ko'magida o'tkazilgan bu muvofiqlashtirilgan xalqaro harakat Albaniya, Kipr, Finlandiya, Germaniya, Kosovo va Shimoliy Makedoniya organlarini o'z ichiga oldi va to'rt yillik tergov hamda 2022 va 2025-yillardagi avvalgi aralashuvlardan so'ng amalga oshirildi.
Tergov 2022-yilda nemis juftligi onlayn savdo platformasi orqali sarmoya qilgan pullarini yechib ololmaganini xabar qilganidan so'ng boshlandi, bu esa tergovchilarga kamida 50 mamlakatdagi potentsial jabrlanuvchilar bilan bog'liq investitsiya firibgarligi ortida turgan bir nechta call-markaz operatorlarini aniqlashga yordam berdi.
"Harakat to'rt yillik tergov va 2022 hamda 2025-yillardagi avvalgi aralashuvlardan so'ng amalga oshirildi. O'sha operatsiyalar davomida to'plangan dalillar kompaniya Kipr va Isroildan 'jinoyat-xizmat-sifatida' modelini boshqarib kelganini ko'rsatdi. Tergovchilar, shuningdek, Albaniya, Kosovo* va Shimoliy Makedoniyada firibgar call-markazlarni boshqarayotgan gumondor mijozlarni ham aniqladilar," deb aytdi Europol.
Sxema potentsial jabrlanuvchilarga xorijiy valyutalar, aksiyalar yoki kriptovalyutalar savdosidan katta va tez daromad va'da qildi, aldovchi reklamalardan foydalanib ularni firibgar investitsiya platformalariga yo'naltirdi va shaxsiy ma'lumotlarini o'g'irladi. Keyin ular bu o'g'irlangan ma'lumotlarni call-markazlarni boshqaradigan jinoiy guruhlarga sotdilar, ularning operatorlari esa go'yoki investitsiya imkoniyatlari bilan murojaat qildilar.
Ular jabrlanuvchilarni kichik miqdorda pul o'tkazishga undadilar va ularga soxta onlayn hisoblar bilan uydirma foydalarni ko'rsatdilar, bu esa platformalarni ishonchli ko'rsatdi. Bu daromadlar psixologik bosimni saqlab qolish va jabrlanuvchilarni kattaroq o'tkazmalarga undash uchun ishlatildi. Biroq, ular pullarini yechib olishni so'raganida, firibgarlar kechiktirish taktikasidan foydalandilar va oxir-oqibat aloqani to'xtatdilar, bu esa jabrlanuvchilarga pullarini qaytarib olishning hech qanday yo'lini qoldirmadi.
"O'sha yildagi birinchi xalqaro harakat kuni natijasida ikki hibsga olish va dalillar musodarasi amalga oshirildi. Europol ko'magidagi tahlil tergovchilarga ishni rivojlantirishga yordam berdi, bu esa gumondor call-markaz menejerlarini o'z ichiga olgan yetti qo'shimcha gumondorni aniqladi," deb qo'shimcha qildi Europol.
Bu so'nggi yillarda Yevropa huquqni muhofaza qilish organlari tomonidan yo'q qilingan shunga o'xshash jinoiy to'dalarning navbatdagi biri bo'lib, 2022-yil mart oyida har oyda kamida 3 million yevro o'g'irlagan 200 "savdogar"dan foydalanilgan ulkan call-markaz investitsiya firibgarligi tarmog'ining yopilishini o'z ichiga oladi.
Politsiya, shuningdek, 2023-yilda Yevropa bo'ylab millionlab yevro yo'qotishlarga bog'liq va onlayn investitsiya firibgarligi (shuningdek, 'cho'chqa so'yish' yoki romantik aldov firibgarligi deb ham ataladi) ortida turgan jinoiy to'da tomonidan boshqariladigan bir nechta call-markazlarni ham yo'q qildi. Yevropa politsiyasi, shuningdek, 2024-yil may oyida har kuni minglab firibgar qo'ng'iroqlarga bog'liq 12 ta firibgar call-markazni ham yopdi.
2025-yil iyul oyida Ispaniya politsiyasi dunyo bo'ylab 5000 dan ortiq jabrlanuvchidan o'g'irlangan 460 million yevrodan (540 million dollar) ortiq pulni yuvgan yana bir ulkan kripto investitsiya firibgarligi to'dasini yo'q qildi, bu esa 10 million yevrodan (11,8 million dollar) ortiq umumiy zarar yetkazgan keng ko'lamli investitsiya firibgarligi operatsiyasini yo'q qilganidan bir hafta o'tib sodir bo'ldi.
Yaqinda, aprel oyida Avstriya va Albaniya organlari ham 50 million yevrodan (58,5 million dollar) ortiq taxminiy yo'qotishlarga bog'liq keng ko'lamli kriptovalyuta investitsiya firibgarligi operatsiyasini boshqargan jinoiy tashkilotni ham yo'q qildi.
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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.
The scheme promised potential victims substantial, quick returns from trading in foreign currencies, stocks, or cryptocurrency, using deceptive advertisements to direct them to fraudulent investment platforms and steal their personal data. They later sold this stolen data to criminal groups running call centers, whose operators reached out with supposed investment opportunities.
They encouraged victims to transfer a small amount and showed them fake online accounts with fictitious profits, making the platforms seem credible. These gains were used to sustain psychological pressure to push the victims into larger transfers. However, when they asked to withdraw the money, the scammers used delaying tactics and eventually stopped contact, leaving victims with no way to recover their funds.
"A first international action day that year resulted in two arrests and the seizure of evidence. Europol-supported analysis helped investigators develop the case, which identified seven additional suspects, including suspected call centre managers," Europol added.
This is the latest in a series of similar criminal rings dismantled by European law enforcement in recent years, including the March 2022 shutdown of a massive call-center investment fraud network that used 200 "traders" to steal at least €3 million each month.
Police also took down multiple call centers across Europe in 2023, linked to millions of euros in losses and run by a criminal gang behind online investment fraud (also known as 'pig butchering' or romance baiting scams). European police also shut down 12 fraud call centers in May 2024 that were linked to thousands of daily scam calls.
In July 2025, Spanish police dismantled another massive crypto investment fraud ring that laundered over €460 million($540 million) stolen from over 5,000 victims worldwide, one week after taking apart a large-scale investment scam operation behind cumulative damages exceeding €10 million ($11.8 million).
More recently, in April, Austrian and Albanian authorities also took down a criminal organization that ran a large-scale cryptocurrency investment fraud operation linked to estimated losses of over €50 million ($58.5 million).
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