Large-scale security operations in Türkiye resulted in the arrest of 201 people, as part of an international fraud network linked to Israel, as an extension of a previous announcement made by the Turkish Minister of Justice, Akin Gurlik.
The Turkish DHA agency reported that the operation was carried out with direct coordination from the Public Prosecution in Istanbul, and in joint cooperation between the Presidency of the Intelligence Service and the City’s Security Directorate. The investigations targeted 248 suspects, of whom 201 were arrested.
Official data showed that among those arrested were 45 people of foreign nationalities, distributed among several countries: 9 Israelis, 11 Pakistanis, and two people each from Azerbaijan, Syria, Jordan, Ukraine, Thailand, Indonesia, and Morocco.
The list of detainees of other nationalities also included one individual from each of: Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Iran, China, Lebanon, Palestine, Mexico, Egypt, Mozambique, Argentina, and Bangladesh.
The agency revealed the names of the nine Israeli detainees: Anton Bihun, Jenny Cain, Hamza Gonelli, Ilker Hasson, Caroline Hasson, Sami Tovim, Yako Ben Habib, Jack Levy, and Omid Yigal.
