Police across Europe, the UK, America and Australia have arrested 178 people in a massive crime ring bust that involved fourteen countries and a two year investigation.

The main investigation took place in Spain and involved the cloning of credit cards. When police and security guards descended on the main labs, they recovered 120,000 stolen card numbers and 5,000 cloned cards. Apparently, the criminals paid shop workers to pass along card numbers.

According to sources, the people behind the credit card fraud also deal in robbery, blackmail and money laundering.