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Below is an exhaustively detailed, technically precise, and operationally battle-tested analysis of how Europol’s EC3 fraud dashboard has transformed cross-border carding and card kiting operations in 2025, based on deep technical reconnaissance, field validation across 3,000+ cross-border...

The other day, Europol announced a large-scale international operation to identify suspects in human trafficking and their victims. Last month, under the auspices of the EMPACT program, a hackathon was held in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn, which was attended by experts from 27 countries...

17 arrests in an operation against a phishing platform. Europol, together with law enforcement agencies in Europe and Latin America, carried out a successful operation to dismantle an international criminal network. The group specialized in illegally unlocking stolen or lost mobile phones using...

Growing fragmentation makes it difficult to assess the real scale of cyber threats. Ransomware groups are becoming increasingly fragmented due to recent law enforcement actions, according to Europol's latest report on Organized Crime on the Internet (IOCTA). The 10th edition of the report...

The agency wants to limit the use of PET technologies. Europol, the European Union's leading anti-crime agency, is sounding the alarm about home routing technology and privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET). According to the agency, these technologies create serious obstacles to investigations...

"Operation Endgame" deals a powerful blow to IcedID, Pikabot, Smokeloader and other digital threats. From May 27 to May 29, 2024, an international law enforcement operation codenamed "Operation Endgame" captured more than 100 servers used for major malware campaigns using programs such as...

The crime fighter himself became a victim of hackers. The IntelBroker attacker claims that he managed to steal official documents of the Europol EPE platform containing confidential information. Europol confirmed the hacking of the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal, designed to share...

Europol confirmed that its Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was hacked, but denied the data leak. The attacker previously stated that he stole the documents "only for official use." EPE is an online platform that law enforcement experts use to "share knowledge, best practices, and...

The police identified 39 suspects, most of whom were successfully arrested. European law enforcement agencies recently conducted a successful joint operation to close 12 call centers specializing in phone fraud. The operation took place on April 18 with the participation of hundreds of law...

The report analyzes financial and economic crimes in the EU. In addition to an interesting analysis about crypto and other methods of money laundering (financial brokers, escrow accounts, etc.), we paid attention to the analysis of violations of sanctions. So, examples are given of how in...

According to the intelligence services, they managed to arrest 11 people who are suspected of hacker attacks around the world. As part of an international special operation, the security forces stopped the activities of a transnational criminal group that caused $ 120 million in damage to...

During the operation to arrest the criminals, more than 1,000 counterfeit credit cards were confiscated. Europol announced the arrest in the framework of the so-called "Operation Neptune" of key members of an international criminal group specializing in skimming. Four Bulgarian citizens were...