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# Organizations and roles

May 2019, Cryptocurrency laundering
[BestMixer seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/bestmixer-seizure)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FIOD. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/fiscale-inlichtingen-en-opsporingsdienst), Netherlands | Operational lead | Led the seizure of BestMixer infrastructure. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Supporting | Supported the operation. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Dutch judicial search/seizure authority (FIOD).

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026