France detains over 20 suspects in crypto kidnapping plots

PARIS: France has arrested more than 20 people over two recent kidnapping plots targeting crypto traders in Paris and another attempt in western France, a source close to the case said Tuesday, asking not to be named.

The arrests are part of an investigation by France’s organised crime office into the May 1 abduction of a crypto-millionaire’s father who was later rescued by French police, the May 13 attempted kidnapping this month of a French cryptocurrency entrepreneur’s daughter and grandson, and a new plot that was foiled Monday near the western city of Nantes, the source said.