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CASE 266 | Multiple | October ?, 2017 | France
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 266
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date October ?, 2017
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original_date October, 2017
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year 2017
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month 10
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quarter 2017-Q4
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victim Multiple
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location Toulouse, France
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country France
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scenario Home Invasion
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description 4 bitcoin traders robbed at gunpoint
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 0
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted
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coin_type
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reports 20 MINUTES
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notes they met the suspects on a sales site
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has_processed_date 0
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created_at 2025-11-14 09:05:23
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AI SUMMARY [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
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**Victims:** Four young cryptocurrency holders (aged 18–24) in the Busca neighbourhood of Toulouse, France.
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**Attackers:** Two men, aged 19 and 34, whom the victims had met through an online sales site; both were arrested.
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**Attack Method:** In late October 2017 the four gathered with the two men in one of their apartments; the visitors opened a suitcase, pulled out a weapon and ordered the group to transfer $20,000 in Bitcoin.
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**Violence Used:** The four were held at gunpoint and locked inside the apartment.
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**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** The Bitcoin transfer failed; instead the two robbed the victims of their smartphones, identity papers, money and keys before locking them in.
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**Status:** The captives climbed over a balcony to alert police. Investigators traced the pair — one arrested in Blagnac, the other in Saint-Girons (Ariège) — and charged them with kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted extortion, with pre-trial detention.
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/2180483-20171203-toulouse-quatre-jeunes-sequestres-forces-transferer-bitcoins
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 18: reviewed and approved individually
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ARTICLE 1
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Source 20 MINUTES
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URL https://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/2180483-20171203-toulouse-quatre-jeunes-sequestres-forces-transferer-bitcoins
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 18, column "Articles"
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Length 1,317 chars
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Toulouse: Four Young People Kidnapped and Forced to Transfer Bitcoins
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A nightmare unfolded for virtual currency holders in Toulouse when two men, aged 19 and 34, were arrested and detained for trying to extort $20,000 in virtual currency (Bitcoin) from four young Toulousains, according to La Dépêche du Midi.
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The incident took place in late October in the Busca neighborhood. The four young people, aged between 18 and 24, gathered in one of their apartments with the two men, who they had met through an online sales site. The "guests" opened a suitcase and pulled out a weapon, ordering the young men to transfer $20,000 worth of virtual currency to them.
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Cut off from the Outside World in an Apartment
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The transaction ultimately failed, but the two perpetrators still managed to rob their victims of smartphones, identity papers, money, and keys before locking them inside the apartment. Isolated from the outside world, the "hostages" had to climb over a balcony to alert authorities.
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Investigators from the criminal brigade of the departmental security forces traced the two men, who were arrested last week. One was caught in Blagnac, near Toulouse, and the other in Saint-Girons, Ariège. They have been charged with "kidnapping, armed robbery, and attempted extortion," and placed in pre-trial detention.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 266
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