Ministry of Internal Affairs announced | Cyber crime operation in 23 provinces: 367 arrests

Hundreds of suspects were detained in large-scale cyber crime operations carried out by the police in the last 5 days. 367 people were arrested in operations covering aggravated fraud, illegal betting, online child abuse and cyber crimes.

The statement made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is as follows:

“521 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”

"The suspects caught in operations carried out in 23 provinces for the crimes of "Qualified Fraud, Illegal Betting, Online Child Obscenity and Harassment, Laundering of Criminal Assets, Hacking the Information System and Qualified Theft";

-367 of them were arrested.

-Judicial control provisions were applied to 114 of them. Others' operations continue.

Under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security, Department of Combating Cyber Crimes, MASAK and the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor; As a result of the work carried out by the Anti-Cyber Crime Branch Directorates of the Provincial Police Departments, the suspects caught in the operations carried out in 23 provinces;

-They defrauded our citizens by using themes such as "vehicle for sale, low interest loan, car rental and deposit fee" through social media platforms and phishing sites,

-They contain obscene images of children,

-Illegal betting and gambling,

-They advertise illegal betting and gambling sites,

-It was determined that our citizens had unauthorized access to their 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 cybercrime 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.”