[mosst]

I have heard about this happening in Russia but not the other way around. Can you please elaborate?

[sigwinch]

As of October, Russian efforts via Telegram are associated with the seemingly-spontaneous swarms around places like The Hague.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-cyberespionage-gig-...

[Cthulhu_]

It makes sense. In the Netherlands, young people (<18) have been recruited for all kinds of stuff by organized crime; bank account money muling as part of laundering operations, laying bombs, getting drugs / other smuggled stuff out of shipping containers in ports, that kind of thing. They target these because for them, a few hundred € is a huge sum, and the legal system is very forgiving to underage people, assuming they even get caught.