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Eurojust aids cross-border crackdown on EUR 2 bln fraud scheme

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 Mar 2024

Eurojust has aided a multinational investigation on EUR 2 billion money laundering scheme, implicating 3 main suspects across Italy, Latvia, and Lithuania.

AML, fraud detection, fraud prevention, payment fraud, fraud rings

Cybercrime website Genesis Market taken down by police

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 Apr 2023

A multi-national law enforcement team led by the FBI and Dutch National Police has taken down the cybercrime hub Genesis Market.

cybercrime, cybersecurity, data protection, Europol, FBI, identity theft

EU pushes for new AML and CFT rules

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Mar 2023

The European Parliament has announced that MEPs approved stricter rules for closing the gaps in combating money laundering, terrorist financing and evasion of sanctions in the EU.

fraud management, fraud detection, regulation, CFT, AML, financial sanctions, risk management, data aggregation, data sharing, crypto asset, financial data, payments , identity verification, transaction fraud, cybersecurity, fintech, CDD, beneficial owners, crowdfunding

European authorities uncovered trading scheme resulting in EUR 30 mln in losses

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 17 May 2021

The German authorities have initiated the investigation into a large-scale online investment fraud network with hundreds of victims across Europe, that caused EUR 30 mln in losses.

cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, money laundering, trading platform, Europol, online security

Italy and Romania take down cyber fraud ring

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 07 Jul 2020

The Italian National Postal and Communication Police Unit and the Romanian National Police, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled an organised criminal group involved in financial fraud, cybercrime, and money laundering.

Europol, Eurojust, CEO fraud, organised criminal group, financial fraud, cybercrime, money laundering, money mules, Italy, Romania

Hacking group accessed over EUR 600k in loyalty points, caught in Poland and Switzerland

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 May 2020

Polish and Swiss law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have discovered a hacking group that accessed more than EUR 600k in loyalty points and sold them on to another criminal group.

Europol, loyalty points, security, fraud, hackers, cybercrime

Europol, Eurojust, EBF step up their efforts to crack down on money mule schemes

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 04 Dec 2019

Law enforcement authorities from 31 countries, supported by Europol, Eurojust and the European Banking Federation (EBF), have stepped up their efforts to crack down on money mule schemes.

Europol, Eurojust, money laundering, money mulre AML, law enforcement, romance scams, social engineering, banks, fraud prevention, Europe, bank account

Arrests made in the UK, Netherlands for EUR 24 mln cryptocurrency theft

News | Cryptocurrencies | 26 Jun 2019

The UK’s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit with the Dutch police (Politie), Europol, Eurojust, and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has made 6 arrests for theft.

arrests, UK, Netherlands, cryptocurrency, theft, fraud, fraudsters, Bitcoin, Token, cybercrime, typosquatting, wallets, Spoofing

Two euro counterfeit rings in France and Italy dismantled

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 24 Oct 2018

The French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri Corps have dismantled 2 criminal networks suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit banknotes in France and Italy.

Italy, France, Europol, counterfeit banknotes, fraud prevention, criminals, euro

Europol busts cybercrime group behind credit card fraud

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 26 Jul 2018

German and Lithuanian authorities have arrested fifteen members of a cybercrime group that carried out more than 35,000 incidents of online fraud since 2012.

Europol, credit card fraud, fraud prevention, online security, money mules

90 percent of illegal transactions linked to cybercrime

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Nov 2017

EU law enforcement agencies have uncovered USD 36 million in illicit money transfers while revealing that nearly 90 % of 1,719 illegal transactions identified were linked to cybercrime.

cybercrime, money mules, web fraud, Europe, security, law enforcement

Law enforcement agencies from 13 countries join No More Ransom project

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Oct 2016

Law enforcement agencies from 13 countries have signed up to fight ransomware together with the private sector by joining the No More Ransom project.

ransomware, cybercrime, online fraud, cyber threats, law enforcement agencies, No More Ransom

International operation stops European cyber-criminal group

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 11 Jun 2015

A joint international operation has dismantled a group of cybercriminals active in Italy, Spain, Poland, the UK, Belgium and Georgia.

cyber-attacks, cyberfraud, web fraud, online security, internet users, cyber-security, Europe

EU: new cybercrime taskforce is about to set off

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 24 Jul 2014

The UKs National Crime Agency has announced that it will begin the piloting process for The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) which will enter a trial phase starting 1 September 2014 for a period of 6 months, according to information from the news agency SCMagazineUK.com.

EU, cybercrime, taskforce, J-CAT, National Crime Agency, web fraud, security, CryptoLocker, Zeus botnet