The Latvian police, along with Europol, dismantled a cell operating nearly 40,000 fake social media accounts were used, among other things, with fraudulent communications and in political threats.
According to Europol: “An action day performed in Latvia on 10 October 2025 led to the arrest of five cybercriminals of Latvian nationality. And the seizure of infrastructure used to enable crimes against thousands of victims across Europe. During the operation codenamed ‘SIMCARTEL’, law enforcement arrested two further suspects, took down five servers and seized 1 200 SIM box devices alongside 40 000 active SIM cards. Investigators from Austria, Estonia and Latvia, together with their colleagues at Europol and Eurojust, were able to attribute to the criminal network. More than 1 700 individual cyber fraud cases in Austria. And 1 500 in Latvia, with a total loss of several million euros. The financial loss in Austria alone amounts to around EUR 4.5 million, as well as EUR 420 000 in Latvia.”
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