The Postal and Communications Police with the coordination of the Prosecutor of the Republic of Genoa is carrying out a vast operation against one of the most important international criminal organizations dedicated to the commission of cyber attacks aimed at computer fraud and money laundering.
The police of the Postal Police Financial Cybercrime sector, in collaboration with Eurojust, Europol and the Romanian police, are making arrests in Italy and Romania, as well as several seizures of villas, apartments, cars, businesses and cash.
The turnover of the criminal organization amounted to around 20 million euros per year.
The first level of the criminal organization operated in Romania from where, with sophisticated computer techniques, he stole sums of money from unsuspecting citizens of many European countries. The money was credited to Italian current accounts headed by nominees. The Italian member of the gang then took care of withdrawing the cash, hiding it and then physically transferring it to Romania.