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Source: Europol
Dear Director General, Dear colleagues and friends, Buenas tardes. It is a great pleasure for me to be here this afternoon. I am very glad for this speaking invitation at the eleventh conference of Europol’s Data Protection Experts Network. I am a regular visitor to Madrid and to Spain, but I never cease to enjoy the particular atmosphere of Madrid,…
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This major coordinated and complex law enforcement operation was carried out in several locations across France. More than 110 French police officers, including tactical and canine units, arrested 13 members of the criminal network. Supported by Europol and INTERPOL analysts and in coordination with international police forces, law enforcement took the two main network coordinators in France, logisticians and car…
Source: Europol
In 2020, law enforcement officers detected a number of suspicious online bets on international table tennis tournaments. Subsequent analysis led to the identification of a criminal network composed of Bulgarian and Romanian nationals, established in Spain, who were corrupting athletes mainly from these two same nationalities. The suspects targeted competitions mainly outside of Spain, while the leader of the organisation…
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Malware-based cyber-attacks, specifically ransomware, remain the most prominent threat. These attacks can attain a broad reach and have a significant financial impact on industry. Europol’s spotlight report takes an in-depth look at the nature of malware attacks as well as the ransomware groups’ business structures. The theft of sensitive data could establish itself as the central goal of cyber-attacks, thereby…
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Europol’s first ever threat assessment on the topic, ‘The other side of the coin: an analysis of financial and economic crime in the EU’, sheds a light on this system which, from the shadows, sustains the finances of criminals worldwide. The report is based on a combination of operational insights and strategic intelligence contributed to Europol by EU Member States…
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According to Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2021, almost 70% of criminal networks are active in three or more countries. In the EU alone, there are over 180 nationalities involved in organised crime activities. Additionally, nearly two-thirds of criminal groups are composed of members of different nationalities. As these criminal threats continue to grow beyond national…
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Award for operational analysis targeting DDoS attacks The first category awards an analyst, or team of analysts, for delivering outstanding operational analysis. The winning analysis shed light on an investigation targeting criminal activity that fell within Europol’s mandate. The award for Operational Analyst 2023 went to the Cybercrime Investigations Team of the Regional Criminal Police in Hessen, Germany (Hessisches Landeskriminalamt)…
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In January 2022, the Belgrade Department of the Serbian Criminal Police initiated an investigation into this drug cartel, believed to be involved in the wholesale trafficking of cocaine from South America to the EU. The law enforcement activities against this network extended to authorities across the EU and beyond, resulting in a large international investigation coordinated by Europol. The targeted…
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Headline: Two arrested in France for major CEO fraud
House searches in France have led to the arrests of two individuals suspected of large-scale CEO fraud. The criminals belonged to an organised crime group involved in at least 24 cases of CEO fraud causing EUR 4.6 million worth of damage. With the support of Europol, the French National Gendarmerie carried out the searches in Paris and Lille and made the subsequent arrests on 20 February 2018.
Source: Europol
Headline: Free data recovery kit for victims of GandCrab ransomware now available on No More Ransom
As of today, a new decryption tool for victims of the GandCrab ransomware is available on www.nomoreransom.org. This tool has been released by the Romanian Police (IGPR) under the supervision of the General Prosecutor’s Office (DIICOT) and in collaboration with the internet security company Bitdefender and Europol.
First detected one month ago, GandCrab has already made 50 000 victims worldwide, a vast number of which in Europe, making it one of the most aggressive forms of ransomware so far this year.