Europol, with Eurojust, leads a cross-border crackdown on 3 major credit card fraud networks, targeting 4.3M cardholders and €300M in losses, resulting in 18 arrests and major asset seizures

Between 2016 and 2021, the criminals used the stolen card data to create about 19 million fake online subscriptions (for pornography, dating, and streaming sites), deliberately keeping charges low (~€50/month) and using vague transaction descriptions to avoid detection. Five executives from four German payment‑service providers allegedly colluded with the fraudsters, while shell companies in the UK and Cyprus…