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Police in Slovakia and the UK have broken up a criminal network involved in trafficking Slovak victims to Scotland for the purposes of sexual exploitation and sham marriages. Supported by Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement officers last week arrested five suspects in Glasgow as part of an operation that has identified 16 women as victims of human trafficking. The women were offered support by an NGO that specialises in dealing with cases of trafficking after they were rescued. Vojtech Gombar, Anil Wagle, Jana Sandorova, Sylvia Racova and Adam Rastislav each made no plea when they on Monday appeared at Glasgow...
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One of the biggest problems international bank account hackers, online fraudsters and remote ATM hijackers face is getting their hands on the proceeds of their illegal activities without being traced by law enforcement agencies. Criminals involved in ransomware scams and other dark web-enabled plots are often able to demand payment in the form of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which are virtually untraceable. Scammers who deal in hard cash or illegally transfer money from victims’ bank accounts don’t have this luxury, and are forced to come up with other ways to receive the fruits of their crooked labour. To get around...
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A consortium of global law enforcement agencies including Europol and the FBI has taken down one of the largest botnets in the world. The Avalanche network was dismantled after a four-year investigation that involved investigators from over 30 countries. The web of hijacked computers was used to target online banking customers with phishing emails, and is suspected of netting the cyber criminals behind it hundreds of millions of euros. According to a statement from Europol, the probe culminated in a series of raids on 37 properties, resulting in the seizure of 39 servers and the detention of five suspects. Two...
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Law enforcement agencies across Europe and the US have arrested nearly 200 people in a crackdown on money laundering. In a week of action coordinated by Eurojust, police identified 580 money mules and interviewed 380 suspects in relation to losses amounting to €23 million. The operation involved police forces from countries including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom and Ukraine. The investigation was the second coordinated European Money Mule Action (EMMA) week, during which Europol and Eurojust deployed a number of mobile offices across the continent. Working in close collaboration with...
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Police in Romania have broken up a major fraud, forgery and money laundering gang thought to have conned hundreds of people out of millions of euros. In cooperation with Europol and judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, officers from the Romanian Territorial Office Valcea of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) raided 64 properties as part of the operation, which resulted in the arrest of 12 people. Europol said the organised crime group worked on three levels, with one tier recruiting both Romanian and foreign citizens to open fake bank accounts, a second concentrating on offering non-existent goods for...
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Thirteen additional countries have joined a European initiative designed to help private sector firms protect themselves from damaging ransomware attacks. Launched just three months ago by Europol, Kaspersky Lab and Intel Security, the No More Ransom initiative seeks to create new partnerships between private sector companies and law enforcement agencies, encouraging them to work together to take on the hackers behind this growing form of cybercrime. The new members of the growing coalition are Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Switzerland. According to Kaspersky Lab, more countries are expected to sign...
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