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At @DHSgov, De Bolle spoke with Kelli Ann Burriesci, Deputy Under Secretary for Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
Law enforcement agencies are constantly adapting to evolving threats. We work closely with DHS on cybersecurity, counterterrorism & and other common challenges.
At @DEAHQ, she met Administrator Anne Milgram to discuss the current threat of the illicit drugs market.
Our 🇺🇸 DEA colleagues are close partners in global operations & investigations into criminal networks & drug gangs illicitly trafficking illegal drugs into Europe.
With Kenneth A. Polite Jr., who serves as the Assistant Attorney General for @DOJCrimDiv, she discussed joint efforts to tackle transnational crime, cybercrime, money laundering, & child exploitation.
Bonjour à tous! 📍 We are in Lille for #FIC2022!
👋 Come see us at stand D60-6 & check out the programme to attend some of our speaking slots: https://www.forum-fic.com/en/2022-programme/
🚔💶 10 arrests in VAT fraud scheme
🔹 Operation led by @PolskaPolicja Central Bureau of Investigation 🇵🇱, supported by @guardiacivil 🇪🇸 and #Europol
🔹 Scheme caused over €34 million loss to the Polish state budget
🚨 Criminal network producing counterfeit documents dismantled by @hellenicpolice with #Europol support
🪪 362 forged documents seized
👥 8 suspects arrested
Operational Task Force led by the German Federal Police and coordinated by #Europol targeted migrant smugglers across the EU
🔹 8 dangerous migrant smugglers arrested 👮👥
🔹 151 house searches 🔎🏠
🔹 Seizures of EUR 900 000 assets ✋💰
#EMPACT
More ➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/targeted-migrant-smuggling-kingpins-links-to-more-180-investigations
🚨 Takedown of SMS-based FluBot spyware 🚨
🔹 International law enforcement operation involving 11 countries 🌍🚔
🔹 Fastest-spreading mobile malware to date ⏩📱
🔹 The Android malware has now been rendered inactive ✋🛑
RT @EUAmbUS: A pleasure to greet the Executive Director of @Europol, Catherine De Bolle, during her official visit to Washington. EUROPOL supports the 27 EUMS in fighting terrorism, cybercrime & other major crimes. It is the pre-eminent info hub for EU-US cooperation & coordination.
Today, we welcomed EU Commissioners for Justice @dreynders and Home Affairs @YlvaJohansson at Europol HQ in The Hague to exchange views on our operational activities and topics such as EU's support to Ukraine and the fight against child sexual abuse online. #StrongerTogether
🚔 5 arrests in 🇭🇺 for money laundering across 3 continents.
💶~EUR 44 million passed through accounts linked to the criminal network.
The action day led to:
🏠 24 houses searched
👥 16 suspects apprehended
💰 Seizures of funds in 32 countries.
Tackling the threat of 3D printed guns. This week, an international conference on 3D printed firearms gathered over 120 participants from 20 countries in The Hague.
More ➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/printing-insecurity-tackling-threat-of-3d-printed-guns-in-europe
#EMPACT
⚠️ Help us #TraceAnObject ⚠️
🌎 This product is likely from a Central or South American country. Are you able to link it to a specific region?
🛑 The smallest tip can help investigators crack a case & #StopChildAbuse.
Submit an anonymous tip here ⤵️
https://europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
RT @YlvaJohansson: Crime bosses use intimidation and fear to buy silence and loyalty.
But usually their greed means embrace of a rich lifestyle. That leaves a trail.
Now the @EU_Commission is proposing new tools to fight #OrganisedCrime by following this trail of assets.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_3264
🚨 40 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes seized by @douane_france with the support of #Europol. Criminal network shipping from Asia to the EU via the Caribbean, the Middle East and Africa.
🔹2 arrests
🔹Seizures made in Marseille and Paris regions
📍 Today Deputy Executive Director Governance Jürgen Ebner welcomed a delegation of @EP_GenderEqual MEPs to our HQ.
🛑 The MEPs were briefed on how Europol tackles THB, particularly the risks posed to 🇺🇦 refugees by organised crime groups attempting to exploit the conflict.
🚔 Moldovan "Thief in Law" & associates arrested in European crackdown of powerful criminal group.
Europol coordinated the international operation together with 🇷🇴, 🇫🇷 & 🇲🇩 authorities.
More ➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/moldovan-thief-in-law-and-his-associates-arrested-in-european-crackdown
#EMPACT
🚨 Europol's European Counter Terrorism Centre #ECTC partnered with @SoundCloud to identify & remove illegal content on the platform.
The recent Referral Action Day, put in motion by 🇩🇪 @bka, targeted terrorist & extremist audio content online.
👏👏👏 Another arrest made possible by #ENFAST cooperation!
🚔 A Hungarian fugitive on the #EUMostWanted list was arrested by 🇵🇱 @PolskaPolicja earlier this week.
🔎 Help us find the other criminals on the list. Visit http://www.eumostwanted.eu & tell us if you recognise anyone!
💶 Illicit drugs are big business: they are estimated to represent 1/5 of global crime proceeds.
📄 In the recently published #EUDrugMarkets analysis, Europol & @emcdda take an in-depth look at the cocaine & methamphetamine markets.
Read it here ⤵️
https://emcdda.europa.eu/publications/eu-drug-markets_en
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