Bangladesh, Nov. 5 -- A German national alleged to be part of a sprawling international scam operation run out of Georgia has been arrested in Tbilisi and now faces extradition to Germany. The arrest marks a new phase in Europes intensifying efforts to dismantle online fraud networks that have swindled victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.

According to a report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the suspect – whose name has not been publicly disclosed – was detained by Georgian authorities in mid-October following an extradition request from Germanys Central Office for Cybercrime in Bavaria. The office described the man as a “key player” in a Tbilisi-based scam cal...