WhatsApp cash-transfer network linked to crime and extremism exposed
An investigation by European broadcasters has exposed a 532-member WhatsApp group used to arrange cross-border cash transfers linked to organised crime and extremism. The chat, called "Traders of Greater Europe", was used to move hundreds of millions of euros in cash around the world with no paper trail, according to the findings. In one case, payments from Brussels were said to have reached militants from the Islamic State group in Syria.The group contained more than 82,000 messages sent between late February and December 2022. Belgian investigating magistrate Vincent Guerra first uncovered the chat during a case that began as an... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Aug 2026 06:32 LONDON
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