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🌐 On #SaferInternetDay, @EC3Europol is hosting 200 students aged 11-16 for the 4th European Youth Day at Europol!
The event gives participants a safe space to talk to law enforcement experts about #online behaviour & how they can stay safe.
👉 Follow #EC3Europol for more!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1622945159552835584
🚫 Have you taught your child to #SayNo to unwanted interactions with strangers online?
⚠️ Safer online behaviour starts with knowing the risks.
Europol is here to help. Ahead of #SaferInternetDay, use these resources to help your child stay safe ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/sayno
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1622638415450603525
📍 Executive Director De Bolle welcomed the 🇸🇪 #JPSG delegation to our HQ for operational briefings on serious & organised crime, cybercrime & THB.
This meeting takes place as the Swedish Parliament assumes the rotating co-chairmanship of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1621502006820061184
RT @EU_IPO: Counterfeiting and piracy aren't victimless crimes: they are linked to drug trafficking, money laundering, cybercrime...
The EUIPO works closely with national and European partners to keep consumers safe.
At @Europol today, we have agreed on a joint strategy to tackle #IPcrime
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1621157526179037184
💡 Intellectual property crime continues to dynamically adapt to changing contexts.
👉 One way we're tackling it: multi-agency cooperation.
Europol is working closely with @EU_IPO & 🇪🇺 #JHAagencies on a joint strategy to fight against #IPCrime.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1621119533103845381
🚨 23 arrested in Spanish football match-fixing probe.
⚽ Known as Operation #Conifera, this investigation into match-fixing was carried out by 🇪🇸 @policia in cooperation with Europol & @INTERPOL_HQ.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1620347449540808705
📍 This week, Deputy Executive Director of Operations Jean-Philippe Lecouffe welcomed Acting Director Himamauli Das from @USTreasury #FinCEN.
🇪🇺🇺🇸 Together they discussed opportunities for future cooperation to prevent and combat financial and economic crime.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1619002702658441216
📆 Tomorrow is #DataProtectionDay!
As the EU criminal information hub, data protection is at the core of our business.
⚖️ Our team of experts, led by Data Protection Officer @Daniel_Drewer, are committed to balancing operational needs & respect for fundamental rights.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1618982234437844992
🚨 Cybercriminals stung as HIVE #ransomware infrastructure shut down.
🌍 The international operation involved authorities from 13 countries.
🔓 Law enforcement identified the decryption keys & shared them with many victims.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1618633662999760897
⚠️ Successful takedown of drug trafficking network in Italy & Albania.
The joint action day saw:
👮 350 officers in the field
👥 30 suspects arrested
🏘️ 31 locations searched
The #JAD was supported by Europol & @Eurojust.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1618601392528031752
🔎 But while the 2022 campaign may be over, the search for some of the #EUMostWanted fugitives is not.
⚠️ Our ENFAST colleagues will continue to update the EU Most Wanted website.
Visit regularly & let us know if you recognise anyone
👉 http://www.eumostwanted.eu
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1617905149820932100
🎉 We’ve seen outstanding results for the 2022 #EUMostWanted campaign!
👮 14 fugitive cases were solved, 5 as a direct result from a tip from a member of the public.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1617905146083835906
🚫 (Cyber)criminals abuse #cryptocurrency exchanges.
🪙 In this case, almost half of all #Bitzlato transactions were linked to criminal activities.
🎯 Targeting crucial crime facilitators, like #cryptoexchanges, is becoming a key priority in the battle against cybercrime.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1617509683505369089
🚨 #Bitzlato: senior management arrested.
The operation, led by 🇫🇷 & 🇺🇸 authorities with Europol support, took down the service's digital infrastructure in France.
👥 Leading members of the platform's management were also interrogated.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/bitzlato-senior-management-arrested
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1617509283670773761
📍 Last week Deputy Executive Director of Operations Lecouffe met with Deputy Director General of the 🇹🇷 National Police Erhan Gülveren in Ankara.
They explored possibilities to enhance our partnership on challenges, including drug trafficking & migrant smuggling.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1617465945450070016
📍 Europol welcomed a delegation of 🇦🇲 Ministry of Justice Services officials to learn first-hand the mission and work of different Europol teams.
👮 The visit was organised as part of the @eu_near -funded project “Fighting Organised Crime in the Eastern Partnership Region.”
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1616439919672528898
💻 The #NoMoreRansom portal includes a repository of tools that can decrypt data locked by some types of ransomware.
🔓 The goal is to help victims regain access to their files without paying criminals.
👉 So remember: #DontPay & #DontNegotiate! Visit⤵️ https://www.nomoreransom.org/en/index.html
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1616087169231101954
⚠️ While ransomware has been around for 30 years, the number, scope & severity of attacks keep growing.
🌐 But international cooperation between law enforcement & industry has become stronger & more efficient in tackling this threat.
👉 One example: #NoMoreRansom.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1616087166383280128
📍 At #WEF23 Executive Director Catherine De Bolle joined @FBI Director Christopher Wray, @CheckPointSW VP @DorDorit & @IMD_Bschool Prof @oykuisik for a session on #ransomware.
🗨️ De Bolle: "Ransomware is a key criminal threat that continues to be significantly under-reported."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1616087162960723968
Executive Director De Bolle: Profoundly saddened by the news from Ukraine this morning. Minister Monastyrsky and his team were dedicated Europol partners, and their loss will be deeply felt.
My thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims at this difficult time.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1615682180960731137
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