the Wolf of Sofia - EFRI identifies financial crime enablers to curb cyberfraud

Our Petition: A Call to Act for the Dutch Authorities!

It is about time for the Dutch authorities to support the victims of the Wolf of Sofia! Thousands of victims of the fraudulent websites operated by the Wolf of Sofia (xtraderfx, safemarkets, optionstarsglobal, goldenmarkets) and Uwe Lenhoff (option888, xmarkets, zoomtrader, tradovest, tradeinvest90) continue to suffer severe consequences from the online

January 30, 2025 No Comments

Marina BARAK was the acquittal a misjudgment?

MARINA BARAK – was her preliminary acquittal a misjudgement?

When German and Austrian prosecutors arrested Gal BARAK (the Wolf of Sofia) in Sofia on January 29, 2019, Marina BARAK took over the management of the boiler rooms of the cybertrading platforms xtraderfx, OptionStarsglobal, and safemarkets. Some of the victims registered with EFRI transferred money to the scam platforms by

June 3, 2022 No Comments

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EFRI is the abbreviation for European Funds Recovery Initiative. The legal entity behind this Initiative is a not-for-profit organisation (EFRI-Association) registered in Vienna, Austria. Here you can Read More ABOUT US.

Since 31 March 2025, EFRI is a qualified entity under the Austrian "Qualifizierte Einrichtungen Gesetz" (QEG) for cross-country procedures (see Decision on the Qualification and the Austrian Registry). EFRI is also accordingly listed in the European Registry.