Increase in the Kidnapping of Cryptocurrency Investors in Europe ❕🚥

France and Western European countries are witnessing a troubling rise in kidnappings targeting wealthy cryptocurrency investors and their families, with incidents characterized by violence and demands for huge ransoms. In Paris, a 60-year-old businessman, who co-owns a cryptocurrency marketing company with his son, was kidnapped and had a finger amputated before being released following a police raid. The kidnappers, who demanded a ransom of up to 7 million euros,

this incident is not isolated; it was preceded by the kidnapping of "Ledger" founder David Balland, who was asked for a ransom of 10 million euros, and an attempted kidnapping of a French influencer's father for similar motives. The French police are working to dismantle these networks, but the ongoing incidents in Spain and Belgium raise concerns about the expansion of these crimes. $XRP