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What is The Europol Podcast about?In season 1, Europol agents and police from around the world took listeners behind the scenes on some of our biggest operations against serious and organised crime. Episodes covered all kinds of crimes that Europol investigates, from drug trafficking to cybercrime. In season 2, we have an all-new selection of cases and topics for you to…
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The 29-year-old individual was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. Three properties were searched to gather evidence against the main suspect. The arrest comes after months of intensive collaboration between Ukrainian authorities, Europol and a cloud provider, who worked tirelessly to identify and locate the individual behind the widespread cryptojacking operation.The suspect is believed to have mined over USD…
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During the action day, houses were searched simultaneously in several Lithuanian cities. In addition to the arrest of the two criminal masterminds behind the criminal network, a large amount of evidence was seized. Officers found raw materials for the production of vehicle number plates, as well as forged registration stickers in a metal processing workshop with embossing tools. A range of…
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Drug trafficking operations on the high seasThe investigation was initiated in February 2023, when law enforcement authorities gathered evidence of drug trafficking by known local narcotics clans along the Portuguese coast. The drug trafficking operations were carried out by retrieving cocaine shipments in the waters of the Atlantic. Portuguese authorities seized one such shipment of cocaine in Peniche (Portugal). The…
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Digital skimming is the act of stealing credit card information or payment card data from customers of an online store. Criminals use sophisticated information technology to intercept data during the online checkout process, without customers or online merchants noticing anything unusual.Data theft often goes unnoticedDigital skimming attacks can go undetected for a long time. Payment or credit card information stolen…
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The referral actions targeted online content, including instruction materials and manuals used by terrorists with various ideological motivations (jihadist, right-wing and left-wing extremist, anarchist, etc.). The actions focused on materials comprised of topics related to the means, but also the techniques of committing violent acts: how to prepare and carry out terrorist attacks. Another focus of the RAD was online terrorist…
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Fraud schemes are perpetrated with the intention of defrauding victims of their assets using false and deceitful pretexts, or with the use of cyberattack techniques. This results in the voluntary or involuntary transfer of personal or business information, money or goods to criminals.From ATM attacks and account takeovers to skimming and shimming, the wide availability of crime-as-a-service has made this…
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During the operational phase, specialised police departments and public prosecutors’ offices from all 16 German Federal States carried out enforcement actions, alongside the German Federal Criminal Police Office and their counterparts in Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Europol coordinated the international activity. Around 1 000 law enforcement officers, including special intervention units, were involved daily in this operational phase.Thanks to…
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This report was first presented at the SIRIUS Annual Conference. Over 900 participants took part in this hybrid conference between 21-23 November 2023. The latest SIRIUS publication outlines the experiences of EU authorities in retrieving electronic data held by foreign-based service providers, as well as their experiences in delivering data for the purpose of criminal investigations over the past year. The report…
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Law enforcement authorities targeted 209 individuals, mainly right and left wing extremists, for their alleged involvement in serious offences related to the spread of violent hate speech, incitement to commit violent hate crimes, and death threats. Some of the individuals are linked to religiously motivated extremism, while others are believed to have incited violence against politicians, violent acts towards the…