Basel-Landschaft public prosecutor's office takes suspect into custody
As part of an international action against ransomware actors, a man was also arrested in Binningen BL in October. The arrest was related to an internationally coordinated action with the Federal Office of Police and the European Police Office.
In the course of an internationally coordinated Europol action against ransomware attacks, one person was arrested in Binningen on October 26, 2021. This was also communicated by the public prosecutor's office of Basel-Landschaft in a communication from last Thursday.
Twelve individuals from Ukraine and Switzerland were targeted in the Tuesday, November 26, 2021 operation. The individuals are suspected of conducting ransomware attacks against over 1800 compromised individuals/institutions in 71 countries.
The person arrested in Binningen was subsequently questioned on the basis of an international request for legal assistance from the Paris public prosecutor's office. Various items of evidence were secured.
The Basel-Land public prosecutor's office is simultaneously conducting criminal proceedings at the national level against the accused person on suspicion of data corruption and money laundering.
According to Europol, the twelve arrested are key players in a criminal network. During the arrests of the other members, a total of more than 52,000 US dollars and five luxury vehicles were seized.
The internationally led operation took place in cooperation with the Basel-Land police, the Federal Office of Police Fedpol and with the European police office Europol.
Source: Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Europol
