Milliyet Son Dakika1 hour agoCrime1 min readTürkiye

Cyber crime operation in 25 provinces: 473 suspects caught

In the cyber crime operations carried out in 25 provinces under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security, MASAK and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 473 suspects were caught and 286 people were arrested.

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473 suspects were caught in cybercrime operations organized in 25 provinces under the coordination of the Police, MASAK and Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices.
286 suspects were arrested in operations related to aggravated fraud, illegal betting and child obscenity crimes.

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Operations against cyber crimes are carried out across the country in coordination with the General Directorate of Security, MASAK and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

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NEWS CENTER - In the operations carried out under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security, Department of Combating Cyber Crimes, MASAK and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office; An investigation was carried out against the crimes of aggravated fraud, illegal betting, online child obscenity and harassment, and laundering of criminal assets.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs shared the following details about the operations;

"473 suspects were caught in the operations carried out by our police in the last 5 days within the scope of the fight against cyber crimes. 286 of the suspects who were caught in the operations carried out in 25 provinces against the crimes of "Qualified Fraud, Illegal Betting, Online Child Obscenity and Harassment, Laundering of Assets Originated from Crime" were arrested. Judicial control provisions were implemented for 92 of them. The proceedings of the others are continuing.

As a result of the work carried out by the Cyber Crimes Branch Directorates of the Provincial Police Departments, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security's Cyber Crimes Department, MASAK and the Chief Public Prosecutors' Offices, the suspects caught in operations in 25 provinces defrauded our citizens by using themes such as file costs, tax fees, vehicle rentals, deposit fees, through social media platforms and phishing sites, displayed obscene images of children, made illegal bets and gambles, acted as intermediaries for money transfer on illegal betting sites, and illegal betting and gambling. It was determined that they were advertising their sites and gaining unauthorized access to our citizens' mobile banking and game accounts.

With the power of our state, the determined struggle of our security forces and the support of our beloved nation; We continue our fight against crime and criminals uncompromisingly all over our country. We congratulate our heroic police officers, our department, our MASAK, our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and those who contributed."

Open Questions

In which provinces were the operations carried out?
Were the assets of the captured suspects confiscated?