The authorities in Germany and Switzerland are dismantling a crypto mixing service used for money laundering. 25 million EUR confiscated in Germany and Switzerland.
Brussels, December 1, 2025 - Authorities in Germany and Switzerland, assisted by Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a "cryptocurrency mixing" service suspected of facilitating money laundering from drug trafficking, arms trafficking, online fraud, and other illegal cyber activities. The operation, carried out within a joint investigation team, targeted both the service's servers and the web infrastructure used to hide illicit financial flows, resulting in the seizure of over 25 million EUR in cryptocurrencies and the closure of the platform.
In short Authorities in Germany and Switzerland have shut down an online platform that "mixes" cryptocurrencies to hide money from criminal activities.
Over 25 million EUR in cryptocurrencies have been seized, and three servers and the platform's domain have been confiscated.
Europol and Eurojust assisted in coordinating the action and gathering evidence against the criminal networks.
The crypto mixing service operated by mixing funds deposited by users into a common "pool" for a variable and random period, and then redistributing the amounts to different addresses at also randomized times. This process makes it extremely difficult to trace digital coins on the blockchain and is frequently used in money laundering schemes from organized crime. The platform was accessible both on the regular internet and on the dark web, being used by international criminal networks.
Considering that important domains of the service were hosted in Germany, and the servers were located in Switzerland, the authorities of both countries cooperated through Eurojust, which established a joint investigation team for rapid evidence exchange and operational coordination. Europol provided analytical support, facilitating the exchange of information between partners, as well as forensic assistance on the day of the action. During the operational week, conducted between November 24 and 28, authorities seized three servers, shut down the main domain of the platform, and secured over 12 terabytes of data.
According to Eurojust, the dismantling of this mixer represents an important step in limiting the technological tools used by criminal groups to hide the origin of funds and to avoid detection. The analysis of the seized data will continue, and it is possible that the information obtained will lead to new investigations into cross-border cybercrime networks.
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