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Bitzlato: senior management arrested

Europol, January 23, 2023. Bitzlato: the French- and US-led operation supported by Europol, the platform infrastructure shut down in France, the arrests in Cyprus, Spain and the United States, and the scale figures for criminal assets exchanged.

Source type
International agency release
Published
January 23, 2023
Research grade
P2
Used in entries
3

Bibliographic record

Publisher
Europol
Published
January 23, 2023
Source type
International agency release
Research grade
Source grade P2
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/bitzlato-senior-management-arrested
What it supports
Bitzlato: the French- and US-led operation supported by Europol, the platform infrastructure shut down in France, the arrests in Cyprus, Spain and the United States, and the scale figures for criminal assets exchanged
Dataset id
src_eu_europol_bitzlato_2023

Research notes

  • Subtitle on the page: 'Platform infrastructure shut down in France for allegedly laundering criminal assets, with six people targeted in Cyprus, Spain, Portugal and the USA'.
  • Europol CMS 'published' timestamp 1674477120 = 2023-01-23 12:32 UTC. Note this is five days after the 18 January 2023 action.
  • Retrieved through the Europol CMS node API because the public page is not directly fetchable by automated clients.

How this source is used

Cited 3 times across 2 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

Cited by

Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • Server

    Server disabled, Bitzlato takedown

    Primary source
  • Cryptocurrency wallet

    Cryptocurrency wallet seized, Bitzlato takedown

    Primary source
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