INTERPOL Launches Virtual Academy for Police
INTERPOL is launching its Virtual Academy to provide online training opportunities for the global law enforcement community during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Europol’s Annual Assessment: Cyber Crime Becoming Bolder
Europol has published its 2019 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), an annual presentation of the cybercrime threat landscape, highlighting the key developments, threats and trends, as seen by law enforcement authorities across Europe. Keep Reading
INTERPOL Conference Gathers Public and Private Sectors to Find Solutions to Future Security Challenges
The INTERPOL Chief encouraged the private security industry to consider how state-of-the-art technologies under development could be harnessed to bring tangible solutions to police in the field. Keep Reading
Darknet Fentanyl Dealer Indicted in Dallas for Selling Deadly Drug for Bitcoin
Shaughnessy allegedly transferred his bitcoin proceeds to other cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for regular fiat currency, which was shipped to his home in Dallas. Keep Reading
Feds J-CODE Task Force Busts 61 for Opioid Trafficking on Darknet
Law enforcement executed 65 search warrants, seizing 299.5 kilograms of drugs, 51 firearms, and more than $7 million including $4.5 million cryptocurrency. Keep Reading
EU-Wide Action Against Buyers of Counterfeit Money on the Darknet
Law enforcement seized around 1,500 counterfeit euro banknotes as well as drugs, weapons (firearms, nunchaku, illegal knives and blades), computers, mobile phones, Bitcoins and hardware for mining virtual currencies. Keep Reading
Report: Terrorists Using Encryption as Safe Haven, Cryptocurrencies to Fundraise
Study calls for urgent action by government and the policing and security services to step up intelligence gathering and action to counter online extremist activity. Keep Reading
