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📣 Europol publishes
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23IOCTA2023
spotlight report on online fraud schemes.
🌐 From ATM attacks & account takeovers to skimming & shimming, the wide availability of crime-as-a-service has made this criminal activity more accessible.
Read it here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publication-events/main-reports/spotlight-report-online-fraud-iocta-2023

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1737111019649187894#m

[2023-12-19 14:01 UTC]

📍Last week Europol hosted 🇬🇪 police attachés to 🇪🇺 Member States as part of the
https://nitter.cz/eu_near
-funded project “Fighting Organised Crime in the Eastern Partnership Region.”
🤝 The visit aimed to improve operational cooperation, exchange best practices, & trigger new partnerships.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1736784280678797332#m

[2023-12-18 16:23 UTC]

📢 Now available: 2023 edition of the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23SIRIUS
EU Electronic Evidence Situation Report.
📚 This report was jointly published by Europol,
https://nitter.cz/Eurojust
& the European Judicial Network
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EJN
.
Download it here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/sirius-eu-electronic-evidence-situation-report-2023

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1736757894673055895#m

[2023-12-18 14:38 UTC]

🧸 Shopping for gifts this holiday season?
⚠️ Remember:
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23FakeToysArentFun
!
🚫 Substandard or counterfeit toys can be hazardous to your health.
Risks include:
⚡ electric shocks and burns
☠️ choking hazards
☣️ toxicity.
Stay safe. Read our guide ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/public-awareness-and-prevention-guides/how-to-recognise-fake-and-hazardous-toys

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1735681613286048229#m

[2023-12-15 15:21 UTC]

🚨 Violent hate crimes targeted in joint action day.
👮🏼‍♀️👮🏾 Authorities in five countries implemented actions against 209 individuals for their alleged involvement in violent hate crimes.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/violent-hate-crimes-targeted-in-joint-action-day

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1735620969698394160#m

[2023-12-15 11:21 UTC]

💻 A hacker who scammed victims out of millions of euros flees the country.
🔎 Her profile is added to the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EUMostWanted
list and, after a chance encounter on the streets of Paris, she's recognised.
👉 Read "The Champion of Notre Dame" & learn how you can
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23BeOurNextHero
🦸🏿‍♀️🦸🏽‍♂️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1735280063799517439#m

[2023-12-14 12:46 UTC]

🚨
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EUMostWanted
drug trafficker arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The suspect was the alleged leader of an international organised criminal group involved in cocaine & heroin trafficking.
Press Release ⤵
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eu-most-wanted-drug-trafficker-arrested-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EMPACT
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23BeOurNextHero

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1735293532544315878#m

[2023-12-14 13:39 UTC]

🚨 Prolific love: 14 young victims of “lover boys” saved in Spain.
Europol &
https://nitter.cz/Eurojust
supported 🇪🇸
https://nitter.cz/policia
& 🇷🇴
https://nitter.cz/_PolitiaRomana_
in dismantling a criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
➡️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/prolific-love-fourteen-young-victims-of-lover-boys-saved-in-spain
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EMPACT
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EUvsHumanTrafficking

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1734936929328627867#m

[2023-12-13 14:02 UTC]

R to @Europol: 💔 The 'lover boy' technique is widely used by criminals to recruit victims facing economic and social hardship into forced prostitution.

⚠️ Visit our website to learn the warning signs ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/public-awareness-and-prevention-guides/how-not-to-fall-for-lover-boy-scam

#EUagainstTHB

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1734936932692422699#m

[2023-12-13 14:02 UTC]

🚨 Successful police cooperation in fight against illegal timber trade.
🌳 Law enforcement authorities from the EU, Brazil, Costa Rica and Panamá teamed up in an international operation against environmental crime.
Press Release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/successful-police-cooperation-in-fight-against-illegal-timber-trade
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EMPACT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1734499742933991750#m

[2023-12-12 09:05 UTC]

⚠️ Early Warning Notification: The use of Bluetooth trackers for geolocation in organised crime.
🚨 Criminals are increasingly using these devices to geolocate illicit commodities, with a particular focus on drug trafficking.
Download ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/early-warning-notification-use-of-bluetooth-trackers-for-geolocation-in-organised-crime
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23securityEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1734167650828230990#m

[2023-12-11 11:06 UTC]

⚠️ Corruption enables crime & terrorism.
It is an integral element of almost every organised crime activity.
➡️ On International Anti-Corruption Day, see how corruption is used to gain influence & infiltrate private & public sector organisations.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23NoToCorruption
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23securityEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1733411162623033469#m

[2023-12-09 09:00 UTC]

🚨 EUR 5.5 million frozen in anti-corruption investigations across Europe.
Global results of the action month:
🔹 49 cases
🔸 233 persons of interest interviewed
🔹 267 searches
🔸 EUR 5.5 million of frozen assets.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/eur-55-million-frozen-in-anti-corruption-investigations-across-europe
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EMPACT

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1733169593433092120#m

[2023-12-08 17:00 UTC]

💪 Across Europe, elite units stand ready 24/7 to respond to crisis situations.
🌍 The Atlas Common Challenge 2023 saw 38 special intervention units test their operational readiness in 4 large-scale exercises.
📽️ Check out some of the highlights ⤵️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1733135019269398762#m

[2023-12-08 14:42 UTC]

📣 Unveiling the winners of our annual photo competition
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Capture23
!
🔹 Europol Community Vote: 🇧🇪
https://nitter.cz/policefederale
's Caroline Cange
🔸 Public Vote: 🇩🇰
https://nitter.cz/Rigspoliti
's Connie Maria Westergaard
🔹 Europol's Choice: 🇩🇪
https://nitter.cz/Polizei_H
's Jan-Niklas Kansteiner

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1733068398903402718#m

[2023-12-08 10:17 UTC]

🕊️ This weekend is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
🗨️ Today, Executive Director De Bolle underscored the role & responsibility of the law enforcement community in promoting human dignity, freedom, equality & justice for us all.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23HumanRightsDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1733107706284650689#m

[2023-12-08 12:54 UTC]

🎮 Last month, Europol supported an
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EMPACT
Action Week that explored how gaming can be used as a preventative method.
👮🏽👮🏻‍♀️ The event was hosted by 🇳🇴 National Criminal Investigative Service & included participants from 7 European countries.
📽️ Watch the video to learn more ⤵️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1732762910110134431#m

[2023-12-07 14:04 UTC]

⚠️ A criminal, wanted for child abuse, is on the run.
🖥️ Authorities add his profile to the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EUMostWanted
website, in the hopes a hero will come forward with a clue to his whereabouts.
👉 Read the full story, "Carpe Diem: Seas the Day" & learn how you can
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23BeOurNextHero
🦸🏻‍♂️🦸🏿‍♀️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1732720871410679891#m

[2023-12-07 11:17 UTC]

🚨 10 arrested for abusing Venezuelan victims in Greece.
🤝 Europol supported the operation involving law enforcement authorities from Greece, Spain and the USA.
More information⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/10-arrested-for-abusing-venezuelan-victims-in-greece

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1732354463787057437#m

[2023-12-06 11:01 UTC]

🚨10 illegal firearms workshops dismantled.
The coordinated operation led to 10 arrests and the seizure of large quantities of illegal firearms, ammunition and explosives precursors.
Press release⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/10-illegal-firearms-workshops-dismantled

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/Europol/status/1731967713734459741#m

[2023-12-05 09:24 UTC]