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Garantex disruption

March 2025, Cryptocurrency laundering
Led by United States Secret Service

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Domains seized by US authorities; parallel infrastructure/fund actions in Germany and Finland.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not established

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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US Secret Service and DOJ seized domains associated with Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange the US had previously sanctioned, while German and Finnish authorities took parallel action against infrastructure and funds.

Date
March 2025
Target
Garantex, cryptocurrency exchange
Activity
Cryptocurrency laundering
Operational lead
USSS
Partners
DOJ, NBI[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Domains seized by US authorities; parallel infrastructure/fund actions in Germany and Finland.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
US seizure warrant; German and Finnish judicial authority.
Group accounted for
Not established

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not established

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    Garantex cryptocurrency exchange domains seized

    US Secret Service / DOJ, March 7, 2025, Source grade P1

    Establishes the US domain seizure and parallel German/Finnish actions against Garantex.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.