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Eurojust dimantles a criminal network that produced narco-boats for drug smuggling
The criminal organization established multiple warehouses in Spain and Portugal where they manufactured illegal boats in Portugal to sell to other criminal groups for drug trafficking, including heroin and marijuana, into Spain. Authorities began investigating the group in late 2022 upon discovering their production and sale of narco-boats, necessitating an international operation to apprehend them…
EPPO Italy freezes €9m in a fraud investigation linked to local politicians in Sicily
The probe uncovered a scheme misusing over €8.7 million from the European Social Fund meant for vocational training, diverting funds for personal and political purposes in exchange for job promises to politicians and their relatives. The Palermo Court also enacted prohibitive measures against five suspects, preventing them from participating in subsidy procedures for 12 months, with four placed under house arrest…
EBA releases its Annual Work Programme for 2025 and sets out the path to 2027, covering EU Single Rulebook, financial stability, data, DORA, oversight and MiCAR supervision, and AML/CFT
Throughout next year, the EBA will be i) implementing the EU Banking Package and enhancing the Single Rulebook, ii) enhancing risk- based and forward-looking financial stability for a sustainable economy, iii) enhancing data infrastructure and launching a data portal, iv) starting oversight and supervisory activities under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), and v) developing consumer oriented mandates and ensuring a smooth transition to the new anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework.
OECD new survey finds that stronger consumer protections are needed to address current and emerging harms in online commerce
Nine out of ten consumers have been affected by “dark commercial patterns” – manipulative online design tactics such as countdown timers, hidden fees, and subscription traps that influence consumer behaviour and often lead to unintended purchases or privacy compromises. These deceptive practices are widespread on websites and apps, posing significant risks to consumers worldwide.
Eurojust assists authorities in Germany, Croatia, Czechia, and Italy in combating a long-term fraud scheme involving illegal or undeclared labor and tax evasion, ongoing since 2019
The perpetrators set up three different building companies, mainly operating in and around the city of Münster in Germany, which did not pay taxes or social levies on the wages of their employees. To mask this fraud, a string of so-called service companies were set up in the Czechia, which supplied fake invoices. One of the suspects also functioned as alleged manager or administrator of some of the enterprises, to give the fraud an official front…
MEPs expose involvement of pro-Russian Moldovan oligarchs and Russia’s state-funded RT network in Moldovan voter fraud schemes, along with cyber operations and information warfare
MEPs adopted a resolution issuing a strong warning against continued Russian attempts to derail Moldova’s pro-European trajectory. They also call on the EU and its member states to ensure that all necessary assistance is provided to Moldova to strengthen its institutional mechanisms and ability to respond to hybrid threats…
Eurojust dismantles a notorious criminal network, arresting suspects for extortion, money laundering, and the fraudulent transfer of valuables to support major mafia organisations
The operation led to the arrest of four suspects and the seizure of nine companies in Italy, Hong Kong and Brazil. The suspects arrested involved in the mafia organisation and used extortion, money laundering and the fraudulent transfer of valuables to facilitate important mafia organisations. The main suspect in the scheme set up multiple companies in Brazil using straw men and shell companies. The companies were used to hide the criminal gains of mafia organisations from Italy…
OECD Crypto Asset Reporting Framework XML Schema User Guide for Tax Administrations provides guidelines on implementing a standardised approach to reporting crypto-asset transactions
This document contains the user guide for the XML schema that supports the automatic exchange of information pursuant to the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), as approved by the OECD in 2023…
Europol and Eurojust dismantles an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities like drug trafficking, corruption, and ML, leading to 50+ arrests and assets seizure
Due to servers being located in France, French authorities started investigations into the platform. The platform’s robust encryption made it ideal for criminal networks to use for their activities. It was mostly used for drug trafficking but also for other criminal activities, such as arms trading, homicide, robbery, kidnapping, and money laundering…
Eurojust launches the European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN) to effectively address serious offenses, including drug trafficking, ML, human trafficking, and cybercrime
The EJOCN will focus on horizontal issues that arise in the investigation and prosecution of high-risk criminal networks. It will allow prosecutors to tackle recurring legal challenges and identify new, practical opportunities to cooperate…
EPPO in Italy executes a freezing order of €114K against a company involved in the non-specialised wholesale trade of food and tobacco, suspected of defrauding funds
It is alleged that the owner of the company falsified the company’s financial statements, indicating higher revenues than the actual ones, to be eligible for obtaining RRF funds for the development of an e-commerce platform. He then submitted the request to SIMEST, Italy’s financial institution for the development and promotion of the activities of Italian companies, and responsible for managing and distributing RRF funds in these projects, which granted the company €228 000 in total…
Yahoo Finance: Danske Bank’s settlement in France concludes the final investigation into suspected ML
Danske Bank has settled with French authorities concluding the last investigation related to suspected ML in Estonia with a payment of US $7 million. This settlement follows multiple investigations prompted by a 2018 internal probe that revealed approximately 200 billion euros in suspicious transactions. Danske’s senior general counsel noted that this marks the final inquiry into the bank concerning its non-resident portfolio from the Estonian branch…