First VPN had assets seized in First VPN takedown

Guardia di Finanza dismantles CINEMAGOAL piracy network

About this happening: Italian authorities **seized** **CINEMAGOAL** servers and dismantled a cross-border **takedown** of a piracy ecosystem that stole streaming authentication codes. The **Tutto Chiar...

First VPN Service as criminal VPN infrastructure for ransomware and fraud operators

How related: First VPN, per Europol, offered services designed specifically for criminal use, allowing anonymous payments and a hidden infrastructure that enabled paying customers to hide their identities when carrying out ransomware attacks, large-scale fraud, and data theft.

About this happening: **First VPN Service** functioned as a criminal VPN layer that let ransomware, fraud, and data theft operators hide their identities, expanding the reach and resilience of undergro...

First VPN takedown by Europol and French-Dutch authorities

How related: The disruption of First VPN Service was led by France and the Netherlands, with several other nations supporting the investigation since December 2021, including Luxembourg, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, the U.K., Canada, Germany, the U.S., Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Portugal.

About this happening: **Europol** and **French and Dutch authorities** took **First VPN** offline in a cross-border operation that also **seized servers** and **arrested the administrator**. The case m...

Europol-led arrests in Albanian scam call center fraud case

About this happening: **Europol** said a **two-year operation** ended with **10 arrests** at suspected **Albanian scam call centers**, disrupting a professionalized **investment fraud** network. Police...

Austrian-Albanian cryptocurrency fraud ring takedown

About this happening: Austrian and Albanian authorities **dismantled** a **cryptocurrency investment fraud ring**, escalating a cross-border cyberfraud case that allegedly caused **over €50 million** i...