Türkiye seizes dozens of properties in large-scale cybercrime raids

Türkiye has launched a major crackdown on digital criminal networks as part of a large-scale operation codenamed PAYMIX-4, authorities said.

Turkish Minister of Justice, Yılmaz Tunç, announced that the operation was carried out across seven provinces, with its centre in Istanbul, and that legal proceedings have been initiated against 61 suspects, TRT Haber reports.

According to Tunç, authorities seized 96 assets during the operation, including 12 vehicles, 30 houses, and 54 plots of land and agricultural property. In addition, 657 bank and cryptocurrency accounts linked to the suspects were frozen.

He said the operation targeted the infrastructure of illegal betting networks and the laundering of criminal proceeds through digital platforms and crypto assets.

The investigation, coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and executed by the gendarmerie, uncovered access panels linked to illegal betting websites as well as financial trails associated with the alleged network.

Tunç emphasized that the operation involved multiple state institutions, including financial oversight and cybercrime units, and was aimed at disrupting the financial flows of organized crime.

By Vafa Guliyeva