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One of the world’s biggest hacker forums taken down

14/04/2022(0)
The illegal marketplace ‘RaidForums’ has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of Operation TOURNIQUET, a complex law enforcement effort coordinated by Europol to support independent ... Read More
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Virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes

14/12/2021(0)
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 7-8 December 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the ... Read More
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Beware over Covid-19 business email fraud

27/08/2021(0)
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has recently published a media release to inform that a sophisticated fraud scheme using compromised emails and advance-payment fraud has been uncovered ... Read More
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Large-scale online investment fraud network with hundreds of victims across Europe

27/05/2021(0)
On 11 May 2021, a large criminal network involved in investment fraud and money laundering was dismantled as a result of a cross border operation supported by Europol and ... Read More
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How are organised crime groups involved in sports corruption?

24/08/2020(0)
Europol publishes its report, The involvement of organised crime groups in sports corruption. The report highlights the link between sports corruption and organised crime: the characteristics of criminal networks, ... Read More
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Beyond the pandemic – What will the criminal landscape look like after Covid-19?

12/05/2020(0)
New Europol report assesses the impact of the pandemic on serious and organised crime across three phases. Based on criminal information from investigations in the Member States, Europol is ... Read More
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How criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic

31/03/2020(0)
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has published a report about the latest developments of COVID-19 on the criminal landscape in the EU. In accordance with the Europol’s ... Read More
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The SIM hijackers: How criminals are stealing millions by hijacking phone numbers

16/03/2020(0)
It is a common story: the signal bars disappears from their mobile phones, they call the phone number – it rings, but it’s not their phone ringing. They try ... Read More
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Criminal network gained millions in fixing professional tennis matches

16/01/2019(0)
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has issued a press releases to inform for an operation in relation with fraud in professional tennis competitions. In accordance the press ... Read More
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Beware: 7 most common online financial scams

23/10/2018(0)
Europol and the European Banking Federation launch awareness campaign on 7 most common online financial scams. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the European Banking Federation and their partners from ... Read More
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