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French Authorities Crack Down on Crypto-Targeted Kidnappings

French Authorities Crack Down on Crypto-Targeted Kidnappings

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2025-05-27 11:33:01
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Parisian law enforcement has disrupted a violent criminal network targeting cryptocurrency investors through physical kidnappings. The perpetrators, described as young and impressionable, allegedly operated under pseudonymous handlers coordinating attacks on high-value crypto holders.

Investigators traced multiple abduction cases to a single organized group employing fake weapons and surveillance tactics. One brazen daylight attempt NEAR the Seine involved a fabricated child extraction scenario, revealing the group’s increasingly sophisticated methods.

|Square

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