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📍 Today Executive Director De Bolle welcomed 🇪🇸 Minister Grande-Marlaska to Europol’s headquarters.
Spain & Europol discussed operational cooperation, including on drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and arms trafficking.
📍 150+ investigators from 21 countries joined us for the European Pickpocketing Conference, co-organised with 🇩🇪 @PolizeiMuenchen.
While pickpocketing is petty crime, most cases can be linked to organised crime groups. Int'l cooperation is key to fighting rising crime numbers.
💥 350 tonnes of dangerous fireworks seized in Germany & the Netherlands.
The investigation by 🇩🇪 @Polizei_OS, 🇳🇱 @Politie & 🇳🇱 Functioneel Parket (@Het_OM) led to the dismantling of a criminal network involved in the illegal trafficking of fireworks.
🚨 44 arrested in Poland in a sting targeting online child sexual exploitation.
💻 Officers from the 🇵🇱 Central Cybercrime Bureau raided 82 locations & seized 15 500 files depicting sexual abuse of children.
Press Release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/44-arrested-in-poland-in-sting-targeting-online-child-sexual-exploitation
⚠️ Help us #TraceAnObject to a specific location or country.
🔎 Do you recognise this blouse? We are convinced that more eyes will bring in more leads & ultimately help to save children.
🛑 Together we can #StopChildAbuse. Submit an anonymous tip ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
RT @EUHomeAffairs: 🚨 #EMPACT 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬
382 arrests during joint actions against traffickers using the #Balkan route.
📽️ DG HOME's Director @LaurentMuschel
"What does it take to be efficient when criminal networks exploit every opportunity to make profit?"
This week the Europol Innovation Lab & @EU2022_CZ co-organised the Innovations in Law Enforcement Conference in Prague.
➡️We highlighted the latest innovations in law enforcement & provided a space for the exchange of expertise between 🇪🇺 LEAs, under the #EuropeanClearingBoard.
🚨 382 arrests during joint actions against traffickers using the Balkan route.
👮♀️👮♂️ 28 European countries were involved in the operational activities, with support from @Eurojust, @Frontex, @INTERPOL_HQ, and other int'l organisations.
More ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/382-arrests-during-joint-actions-against-traffickers-using-balkan-route #EMPACT
💡 We’re launching a new video series: #InnovationFriday! Follow to see innovative policing solutions across the EU.
📽️ Kicking it off is the 2022 winner of Europol’s Excellence Awards in Innovation: 🇫🇷 @Gendarmerie’s AI Tools Platform.
👀 Have you seen the new #EUMostWanted murals in 🇪🇸 Barcelona?
📍 Av. del Paral·lel 39
📍 Carrer de Carrera 11
♣️♥️ Help us #BringThemDown. Visit https://eumostwanted.eu/gameover and let us know if you recognise anyone!
🎙️ Now available: the final episode of the first series of The Europol Podcast.
📚 In Ep8: Recovering Stolen Heritage find out how Europol worked with 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 & 🇷🇴 authorities to track down stolen antiquarian books worth over EUR 2 million.
Listen here ➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/europol-podcast/episode-8-recovering-stolen-heritage
In his keynote address, Deputy Executive Director Operations @jplecouffe highlighted how closer public-private cooperation is necessary to protect citizens’ interests.
🗨️ "All major Europol operations targeting IP crime now involve close cooperation with private partners."
📍At the #EuropolIPConf this week, law enforcement & the private sector strengthened cooperation in the fight against #IPCrime.
👥 400 experts gathered in Rome for the 2-day event, which was organised in partnership with @IACC_GetReal & @GDF.
☎️ Scam call centres are popping up all over the EU, generating vast profits for the criminals behind them.
🎙️ In Ep7 of the Europol Podcast, 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 & 🇧🇬 cybercrime experts explain how innocent people are tricked out of millions of euros every year.
🔊 https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/europol-podcast/episode-7-targeting-scam-call-centres
🚔 At our annual #EPCC event, @PolicieCZ exhibited innovative technology they use in their daily work.
This included:
🔹 drones to document criminal activity
🔸 unique software to check vehicles, documents
🔹 push bumpers.
📽️ Watch to see more examples of police tech in action!
👕 Is this t-shirt familiar to you? It was taken from an image depicting sexually explicit material involving minors.
🛑 Our investigators have exhausted all leads. Help us #TraceAnObject & #StopChildAbuse.
⚠️ Submit an anonymous tip via our website ⤵️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
📍 This week Europol saw 300+ experts from law enforcement, the private sector & academia convene at our HQ for @EC3Europol’s #CyberConf22.
The 2-day event examined the challenges & opportunities that the digital age present to policing.
Details ⤵️
http://ow.ly/3jRc50Lhx63
🌏 As serious & organised crime becomes more transnational, law enforcement across the globe have come up with innovative ways to work together.
At #INTERPOLGA, Executive Director De Bolle met 🇪🇬 🇹🇷 🇯🇴counterparts to discuss how our continued cooperation makes the world safer.
Who says law enforcement is a man’s domain?
Recently, Europol welcomed strong women leaders from the Czech Republic, Norway, Spain and the United States. 👮♀️👮♀️👮♀️👮♀️
🌐 Virtual worlds may become a breeding ground for crime. Europol's Innovation Lab aims to anticipate these changes & help police prepare.
🎥 Here @Polisen_Sverige Commissioner Håkan Wall shares how 🇸🇪 police benefit from our new report on the #metaverse
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