Investigators from Germany, Poland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the European police authority Europol undertook an operation against criminals committing the so-called “granchild trick.” Twenty-seven suspects were arrested in the period from November 27 to December 8, the Berlin public prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. More than 70 offences, which could have netted as much as €5 million ($5.4 million), were prevented. The suspects claimed on the phone, mostly to elderly people, that a family member – usually their daughter or son – had caused a serious car accident and that…