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The fraud was run by an organised crime group (OCG), which prior to the COVID-19 pandemic had already been illegally offering other fictitious products for sale online, including wooden pellets. Last year, the OCG changed its modus operandi and started offering protective materials following the... read more
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Last month, Eurojust supported another operation against other members of the same OCG, who committed online fraud in the Dutch housing market, leading to two arrests. The OCG managed to get hold of bank account numbers and other data of customers using phishing techniques, the... read more
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By communicating via messenger systems, the suspects managed to remain anonymous and the payments were forwarded to bank accounts in various countries to conceal and launder the proceeds of the crimes. In addition to the arrests, two houses were searched and telephones, computer devices and... read more
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More than 1 000 officers of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, Carabinieri and military staff were deployed today during an action to counter two mafia-style organised crime groups (OCGs) from Naples and the Reggio Calabria, which ran the fraud scheme. The OCGs had set up... read more
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The fraud started in February last year and lasted until recently this month, in various waves. Almost 600 persons, out of which more than 100 in Lithuania and nearly 500 in Estonia fell victim to the OCG members. The victims were mostly natural persons but... read more
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The Hague, 7 July 2020 Judicial authorities and police in Italy and Romania, with Eurojust and Europol support dismantled a criminal network responsible for big-scale financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering. The illicit profits are estimated to over €20 million resulting from the losses suffered... read more
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Eurojust supports major crackdown on VAT fraud with car sales Last week, during a day of simultaneous and coordinated actions in nine EU countries, judicial and police authorities dealt a blow to a criminal organisation involved in large-scale VAT fraud with the sale of luxury... read more
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Joint Eurojust - Europol - OLAF press release The Hague, 28 October 2019 Authorities from seven countries, with the active support of Eurojust, Europol and the European anti-fraud office OLAF, have dismantled an international organised crime group (OCG) which was involved in the large scale... read more
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The Hague, 12 June 2019 During a joint action day coordinated by Eurojust, judicial authorities from Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria and Romania took down an organised crime group suspected of large-scale VAT fraud in the EU drinks market. Following numerous house searches in Italy, Germany... read more
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The Hague, 6 June 2019 An organised crime group involved in railway card fraud was taken down today through a joint action by the British and Romanian authorities, coordinated by Eurojust. Simultaneous raids were carried out in London and Bacau and 18 suspects were arrested... read more
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