After Big Albania Bust, Experts Warn Scam Centers Are Hard to Stop

Austrian and Albanian authorities, supported by Europol, disrupted organized scam call centers in Tirana, seizing over $1 million and arresting 10 people as part of an investigation into networks that caused about $59 million in reported financial damage. The centers reportedly ran like legitimate businesses with hundreds of employees, used targeted language skills and social engineering to entice victims into fake investment and cryptocurrency schemes, and often re-targeted victims or shared victim data across interconnected criminal groups.