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📍 Deputy Executive Director Operations Jean-Philippe Lecouffe welcomed @AusFedPolice Commissioner Reece Kershaw to Europol HQ today.
🇪🇺🇦🇺 Australia is an excellent partner in many areas, particularly cybercrime, terrorism, & organised crime.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1600530810129498113
🚨 Cocaine shipment worth over €150 million seized en route to Europe.
🚢 The 🇧🇷 vessel was intercepted by 🇫🇷 @MarineNationale as a result of intelligence activities underway between Europol, @maoc_n & 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸 authorities.
Press Release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/cocaine-shipment-worth-over-eur-150-million-seized-en-route-to-europe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1600446320241790980
🤔 What is an #EMPACT Joint Action Day?
#JADs are intelligence-led initiatives by 🇪🇺 Member States to target criminal activities that threaten the security of citizens.
📽️ In October 2022, nearly 640 suspects were arrested & 335 new investigations initiated as a result of JADs.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1600143030215852034
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A #moneymule is a person who gets a commission in order to transfer money received from a third party. Did you get a job offer asking you to do just that? 🚨
🛑 Do not reply
🛑 Keep all evidence
🛑 Notify your bank and the #police
#DontBeAMule
#YourAccountYourCrime
https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/public-awareness-and-prevention-guides/money-muling
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599696017062088704
A #moneymule is a person who gets a commission in order to transfer money received from a third party. Did you get a job offer asking you to do just that? 🚨
🛑 Do not reply
🛑 Keep all evidence
🛑 Notify your bank and the #police
#DontBeAMule
#YourAccountYourCrime
https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/public-awareness-and-prevention-guides/money-muling
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599696017062088704
🚨 2 469 money mules arrested in worldwide crackdown against money laundering.
Law enforcement from 25 countries prevented €17.5 million from being laundered by money mules in 3-month action. 🛑 #DontBeAMule
Details ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/2-469-money-mules-arrested-in-worldwide-crackdown-against-money-laundering #EMPACT
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599690476545720320
📍 Today, Deputy Executive Director Operations Jean-Philippe Lecouffe welcomed @DEAHQ Administrator Anne Milgram to Europol’s headquarters in The Hague.
🇪🇺🇺🇸 Cooperation with global partners is crucial to stemming the flow of drugs across EU borders.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1598703233656037376
💡 We're rounding out #InnovationFriday with 🇳🇱 @Politie's Project Q_NL, a bottom-up network of innovation teams across the Netherlands.
📽️ Q_NL develops short-term, innovative experiments that colleagues can participate & learn about new techniques and methods.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1598680599140528128
📍 Europol experts hosted a workshop in Chișinău to promote #EMPACT & highlight grant opportunities available to 🇲🇩 law enforcement & prosecution authorities.
👮 The event is part of an @eu_near-funded project to enhance 🇪🇺 cooperation in the region.
➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/eastern-partnership-project-eap
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1598307114178514946
🚨 41 arrests for selling potentially dangerous horsemeat.
🚫 The operation, developed jointly by Europol & 🇪🇸 @guardiacivil, led to the seizure of more than half a tonne of horsemeat unfit for consumption.
🐴 80 horses were rescued.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/41-arrests-for-selling-potentially-dangerous-horse-meat
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1598256383023255552
🌐 Over half of all criminal investigations involve a cross-border request for #eevidence.
🕵️ The #SIRIUS project aims to help investigators cope with the complexity & volume of information in a rapidly changing online environment.
Learn more ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-and-innovation/sirius-project?0
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1597946881191313410
📍 Europol & @Eurojust brought together 800+ law enforcement, judicial & private sector representatives for the annual #SIRIUSConference.
The hybrid event featured discussions on the latest developments, challenges & the future of #eevidence.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1597946876376281088
📍 Europol Deputy Executive Director Operations Jean-Philippe Lecouffe welcomed @EMSA_EU Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac to our headquarters.
🇪🇺 Our collaboration with EMSA is an excellent example of inter-agency cooperation in the field of maritime safety & security.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1597927297977548800
RT @DubaiPoliceHQ: #News | Saif bin Zayed attributes Success of Operation 'Desert Light' to Strong International Police Cooperation
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#SmartSecureTogether
💻 International operation switches off websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated content.
🌐 12 526 websites were taken down and 127 365 counterfeit products worth 3.8 million EUR seized during the 13th edition of Op #InOurSites.
🛒 It's #CyberMonday! Can you tell the difference between a bargain or a dealbreaker?
Follow our golden rules of online shopping to avoid becoming a victim of fraud this holiday season.
Between 8-19 November, coordinated raids were carried out across Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🚨 Super cartel controlling one third of Europe’s cocaine trade is taken down
👥 49 arrests following parallel investigations in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UAE with the support of Europol
Executive Director Catherine De Bolle visited the Lithuanian Police today and attended the press conference on the case. Lithuania was in the lead of the international operation. https://policija.lrv.lt/lt/naujienos/tarptautines-operacijos-metu-sulaikyti-lietuvos-ginkluoto-nusikalstamo-susivienijimo-nariai-organizave-ir-vykde-narkotiniu-medziagu-kontrabanda-tarptautiniu-mastu-video
👟 🇩🇪 @polizei_nrw_d are swapping plaster for augmented reality to secure & visualise shoe imprint evidence!
📽️ This new & innovative way of collecting forensic evidence allows for cost-effective, precise comparisons.
💡 Learn more ➡️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-innovation/innovation-lab/europol-excellence-awards-in-innovation #InnovationFriday
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