Key Takeaways:
- France’s anti-organized crime prosecutor charged 88 people, including over 10 minors, linked to 12 cryptocurrency kidnapping cases.
- More than 135 crypto kidnapping incidents have been recorded in France since 2023, with 41 attacks logged in 2026 at a rate of one every 2.5 days.
- Seventy-five of the 88 suspects are held in pretrial detention as prosecutors identify structured criminal networks operating across multiple cases.
From Isolated Cases to Organized Crime
France’s national anti-organized crime prosecutor announced the charges following an investigation that found repeat suspects across multiple incidents, concluding that structured criminal networks are actively recruiting participants and systematically…
