LAUNCH OF THE IPC3: EUROPE’S RESPONSE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIME
12 July 2016
Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are a widespread and ever-increasing phenomenon worldwide. International trade in counterfeit products represents up to 2.5% of world trade, or as much as EUR 338 billion, based on the latest available data from 2013. This is the equivalent of the GDP of Austria, or the combined GDP of Ireland and the Czech Republic. The impact of counterfeiting is particularly high in the European Union, with counterfeit and pirated products amounting to up to 5% of imports, or as much as EUR 85 billion[1].
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN SPAIN FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND TRAFFICKING OF FIREARMS
8 July 2016
On June 2016, the Spanish National Police arrested with the support of Europol a suspect for illegal possession and illegal trafficking in firearms. Over a hundred weapons – most of them live firing ones, were seized in the suspect’s house in Gordexola (Spain). A number of Expansion firearms, which do not comply with EU security standards, were also seized on that same occasion.
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT CARD FRAUD SYNDICATE ACTIVE IN EUROPE AND ASIA DISRUPTED
8 July 2016
A total of 105 suspects have been arrested as the result of a complex investigation run simultaneously in Europe and Asia with the support of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
During the operation led against an organised criminal group (OCG) responsible for producing and using counterfeit credit cards for purchasing of high value goods, 29 arrests took place in Malaysia and 76 all over Europe.
EC3 – DG JRC WORKSHOP ON VIRTUAL CURRENCIES
5 July 2016
On 28 June 2016, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) jointly organised in Brussels a workshop on Virtual Currencies in the context of the fight against fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payments.
DOES CRIME STILL PAY?
1 July 2016
From 2010 to 2014, 2.2% of the estimated proceeds of crime were provisionally seized or frozen, and 1.1% of the criminal profits were finally confiscated at EU level, according to a recent report penned by Europol’s Asset Recovery Unit, in cooperation with the Asset Recovery Offices of EU Member States.
EIGHT MEMBER STATES TAKE ACTION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL VAT FRAUD
29 June 2016
Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling electronic items, hardware and software.
ONE OF EUROPE’S BIGGEST ONLINE SELLERS OF COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS ARRESTED
29 June 2016
Europol supported the Spanish Guardia Civil in Operation Student which was carried out in the province of Malaga (Spain) and resulted in the arrest of an individual of Italian origin dedicated to offering, selling and distributing internationally counterfeit merchandise over the Internet.
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