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Europol’s report Organised Crime Online highlights trends in cyber‑attacks, online fraud, and child sexual exploitation, and addresses emerging AI‑assisted crimes to protect victims
The report finds that cyber-criminal networks increasingly rely on service-based business models—such as malware-as-a-service and phishing-kits—while exploiting encryption, automation and large volumes of stolen data to evade detection. It further shows that Europol’s coordinated international operations, forensic capabilities and infrastructure takedowns remain essential to disrupting these fragmented and rapidly evolving online ecosystems…
EP’s report on the impact of AI in the financial sector urges clearer rules, stronger oversight, and safeguards to harness innovation while preventing risks such as bias, fraud, and accountability gaps
The report highlights the growing use of AI (including generative models) across finance, urges a balanced approach between innovation and risk management (covering areas like fraud detection, AML controls, pricing and credit scoring), calls for clear guidance and proportional rules for financial institutions, stresses human oversight, digital skills and regulatory sandboxes, and flags the need to monitor systemic impacts…
MONEYVAL’s 2024 Annual Report highlights ML/TF progress but flags gaps in investigations, asset recovery, sanctions, financial intelligence, preventive measures, and oversight of non-financial professions
MONEYVAL notes that its 33 member states are making solid headway in implementing AML/CFT measures, particularly in international cooperation and supervision of financial institutions. However, the report emphasises that significant gaps persist in several critical areas, indicating that many jurisdictions still fall short of fully meeting international standards…
Europol and UEFA renew and expand their MoU to strengthen the fight against organised crime in European football, tackling match-fixing, ML, corruption, racism and illegal streaming
The renewed Memorandum of Understanding broadens existing joint work on match-fixing to cover wider criminal threats linked to football, including sports corruption, suspicious financial flows around transfers and club investments, betting-related offences, violent extremism and piracy of audiovisual content. Europol will provide intelligence, expertise and operational support to UEFA and its 55 member associations…
Europol, with Eurojust, leads a cross-border crackdown on 3 major credit card fraud networks, targeting 4.3M cardholders and €300M in losses, resulting in 18 arrests and major asset seizures
Between 2016 and 2021, the criminals used the stolen card data to create about 19 million fake online subscriptions (for pornography, dating, and streaming sites), deliberately keeping charges low (~€50/month) and using vague transaction descriptions to avoid detection. Five executives from four German payment‑service providers allegedly colluded with the fraudsters, while shell companies in the UK and Cyprus…
Europol’s paper on Caller-ID spoofing warns of escalating fraud risks, outlines challenges for law enforcement, and urges swift technical, regulatory, and cross-border actions to protect citizens
This position paper highlights that spoofed calls and messages enable large-scale social-engineering and payment fraud, resulting in hundreds of millions of euros in annual losses across Europe. Europol calls for harmonised technical standards, enhanced cooperation among telecom providers and regulators, and updated legislation to curb abuse and improve investigative capabilities…
EBA launches a consultation on its Revised Guidelines on SREP and Supervisory Stress Testing, aiming to modernise and harmonise EU supervision – feedback due 26 Jan 2026
The proposed revisions aim to align supervisory practices with recent regulatory developments, including CRD VI/CRR III and DORA, while integrating nearly a decade of supervisory experience. Key updates strengthen proportionality, reinforce the ongoing nature of SREP, enhance links between risk assessments and supervisory measures, and integrate stress testing more closely into the process. The revised guidelines are expected to take effect from 1 Jan 2027….
Europol hosts From CLICK to CRIME: Investigating IP Crime in the Digital Age Conference, highlighting rising IP-crime risks on digital platforms and calling for global action against counterfeiting and piracy
The event convenes law-enforcement agencies, industry stakeholders and policymakers to dissect evolving threats such as counterfeit medicines, illegal streaming and malware-enabled piracy. It underscores the need for strengthened public-private collaboration, cross-border investigations and advanced digital tools to protect creative works and consumer safety in the online era…
EPPO arrests 37 suspects in Greece for orchestrating large-scale EU agricultural subsidy fraud and laundering the proceeds through complex financial networks
The investigation uncovered a sophisticated scheme in which the organised group allegedly falsified land and livestock data to obtain EU funds under the Common Agricultural Policy, generating substantial illicit profits. EPPO reports that the proceeds were laundered through layered transactions and fictitious invoicing structures designed to obscure their criminal origin.
EBA’s final report on AML/CFT colleges shows growing maturity and effectiveness in cross-border supervisory cooperation, with improved information-sharing though gaps remain in risk-based coordination
In its fifth and final report on the functioning of AML/CFT colleges, the EBA concludes that these permanent structures facilitated enhanced supervisory cooperation and information-sharing among competent authorities within the EU. However, the report also notes that many colleges have not yet fulfilled the objective of delivering coordinated responses to cross-entity anti-money-laundering and counter-financing-terrorism (AML/CFT) risks, especially in applying risk-based approaches and discussing common actions…
Swiss Federal Council issues consultation to revise the Financial Institutions Act to tighten oversight of stablecoins and crypto-assets while supporting innovation – feedback by 6 Feb 26
The Swiss Federal Council has opened a public consultation lasting until 6 February 2026 on amendments to the Financial Institutions Act aimed at enhancing Switzerland’s framework for stablecoins and other crypto-assets. The proposed changes seek to strengthen the attractiveness of the Swiss financial centre and the integration of innovative financial technologies, while also mitigating risks to financial stability, integrity and consumer protection…
ESMA’s 2025 Annual Sanctions Report reveals that EU authorities issued over 970 administrative sanctions and measures in 2024, totaling more than €100M in fines – mostly under MAR and MiFID II
Around 60% of actions involved fines and 10% were settlements exceeding €20 million. The report highlights significant variations in enforcement approaches across Member States, underscoring the need for greater supervisory consistency. ESMA emphasises that while sanctions alone do not determine supervisory effectiveness, increased transparency and data sharing are key to achieving more harmonised enforcement across the EU…