Turkiye cracks down on Israel-linked int’l fraud network, detains 175 suspects

Turkiye on Friday launched simultaneous operations against an Israel-linked international fraud network accused of defrauding foreign nationals through fake forex and cryptocurrency investment schemes, Anadolu reports. Authorities detained 175 of 239 suspects in raids at 286 addresses in Istanbul and the western province of Mugla, Turkiye’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said. Four separate investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2026 uncovered evidence that some companies operating as call centers had used social media and the internet to advertise forex and cryptocurrency investments, promising high returns to foreign nationals, Gurlek said on US social media company X. The investigation was coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office’s Bureau for Investigating Terror Financing and Money Laundering Crimes, […]