Group photo with the winning team;
Credit: Grand Ducal Police
On Monday 28 September 2026, the Grand Ducal Police, together with Maacher Lycée, presented an awareness campaign aimed at informing young people about the risks of money muling.
Money muling is a method used to move money obtained through criminal activities such as phishing and other forms of fraud. Criminals use “money mules” to receive money into an account before transferring it to another account or withdrawing it in cash and handing it to another person in exchange for a commission.
According to the police, criminals often recruit young people and people in financially difficult situations through social media, including Snapchat, and messaging platforms.
As part of the project, students developed their own awareness campaigns, including short videos aimed at explaining the risks of money muling to other young people.
The campaign forms part of a cooperation project launched by the police and Maacher Lycée at the beginning of 2026 in response to an increase in money muling among young people in Luxembourg.
As part of the project, students developed their own awareness campaigns, including short videos aimed at explaining the risks of money muling to other young people.
Three groups presented their work at Maacher Lycée on Monday, in the presence of Luxembourg's Minister for Home Affairs Léon Gloden, Grevenmacher Mayor Monique Hermes, members of the school's management, Central Director of Administrative Police Thierry Fehr and members of the police's National Crime Prevention Service.
Following the presentations, organisers selected a winning project and awarded a prize to the students behind it. The police will use the winning video and accompanying poster in future money muling prevention campaigns.
Minister Gloden commented: “I welcome the students’ commitment to this prevention project on money muling. Together with the Police, they deepened their knowledge while making a concrete contribution to prevention work. I thank the staff and students of Maacher Lycée for this excellent initiative: by giving young people the means to take action, we are making prevention a shared responsibility.”
Thierry Fehr also addressed phishing and money muling during the event, outlining current trends and highlighting the importance of prevention.
The police stressed that individuals must not make their bank accounts or bank cards available to third parties. People prosecuted for money laundering may face between one and five years' imprisonment and/or a fine ranging from €1,250 to €1.25 million under Article 506-1 of Luxembourg's Criminal Code.
Authorities may also freeze bank accounts and seize funds. If they cannot locate the assets concerned, confiscation may apply to other property belonging to the convicted person up to the value of the funds that passed through the account.
