🚨 The kidnapping of @teufeurs’ father has led investigators to uncover an exotic animal trafficking ring in India, traced through a Venezuelan wallet. In August 2023, the Malta-based crypto influencer paid a ransom of €1.7 million in cryptocurrency to secure his father’s release after he was kidnapped in Sarthe. Three years later, French gendarmes traced $131,002 of that ransom—split across three transactions—to a Venezuelan individual linked to the world’s largest animal park in India. This same wallet appears in millions of dollars of suspicious transactions. Seven individuals will face trial. The National Prosecutor’s Office reports 88 formal investigations stemming from the current wave of crypto kidnappings, with this case serving as the starting point.