“They are accused of having scammed victims out of nearly €5 million, of which €4.5 million were in Austria and €420,000 in Latvia.
As part of the operation, which was dubbed SIMCARTEL, police seized 1,200 SIM box devices and 40,000 active SIM cards, Europol said.
“Other offences facilitated by this criminal service include fraud, extortion, migrant smuggling and the distribution of child sexual abuse material,” Europol wrote in a statement.
In footage released by authorities, Latvia’s State Police Counterterrorism Unit OMEGA could be seen smashing the doors of a building during the takedown operation.”
Given Austria is richer than Latvia, that means a bit more than 10% of the effort went into getting that 10% from Latvians.
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“They are accused of having scammed victims out of nearly €5 million, of which €4.5 million were in Austria and €420,000 in Latvia.
As part of the operation, which was dubbed SIMCARTEL, police seized 1,200 SIM box devices and 40,000 active SIM cards, Europol said.
“Other offences facilitated by this criminal service include fraud, extortion, migrant smuggling and the distribution of child sexual abuse material,” Europol wrote in a statement.
In footage released by authorities, Latvia’s State Police Counterterrorism Unit OMEGA could be seen smashing the doors of a building during the takedown operation.”
Given Austria is richer than Latvia, that means a bit more than 10% of the effort went into getting that 10% from Latvians.
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