Europol, Germany, and Switzerland Seize Crypto Mixer Processing $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin
Europol, Swiss, and German authorities dismantled Cryptomixer.io, seizing $29 million in Bitcoin and massive data linked to years of illicit fund flows.
Between November 24 and 28, 2025, Europol, Swiss, and German authorities shut down Cryptomixer.io, a prominent European hybrid crypto mixing service. The operation disabled its domain, seized three servers in Switzerland, and recovered about $29 million in Bitcoin along with 12 terabytes of data. Investigators report the service had been operational since 2016 and laundered roughly €1.3 billion in Bitcoin, allegedly facilitating criminal activities like drug sales, ransomware attacks, and fraud. The seized data may provide leads to further illicit transfers and operators, though tracing all mixed funds remains challenging.
- Crypto mixer: A service that obscures the origin of cryptocurrency funds by pooling and redistributing them to make tracing transactions difficult.
- Hybrid mixer: A type of crypto mixing service that operates on both the regular web and uses advanced obfuscation techniques to jumble and redistribute coins.
- Bitcoin: A decentralized digital currency operating without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transfers over the blockchain network.