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France Centralizes Crypto-Linked Kidnapping Probes Under New Organized-Crime Office

Six crypto-extortion kidnappings committed from mid-December to mid-January are now being pursued under a national probe.

Paris : un riche dignitaire chinois victime d'un homejacking, plus de 6 millions d'euros de butin
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Cryptomonnaie : les affaires d’enlèvements ou séquestration se multiplient, le parquet national anticriminalité organisée se saisit des dossiers
Police (Illustration) [AFP]

Overview

  • The Parquet national anti-criminalité organisée said it has taken charge of six abductions or sequestrations tied to cryptocurrency extortion across multiple regions.
  • Specialized investigating judges at the Paris judicial court were assigned to continue the inquiries at a national level.
  • In the Voiron case, a 74-year-old abducted on January 25 was freed the same day, and three suspects were charged and remanded in custody, according to the Lyon prosecutor.
  • In Paris’s 16th arrondissement, a Chinese deputy reported €6–7 million in watches and jewelry stolen during a night-time home‑jacking without visible forced entry, with the BRB handling the investigation.
  • In Nantes, a jeweller was bound and robbed and his daughter reported a sexual assault during a home invasion, with the judicial police in charge of the case.