Press release - Portuguese Presidency wants EU to deliver on vaccines, recovery and transition
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Portuguese Presidency wants EU to deliver on vaccines, recovery and transition | News | European Parliament Description: MEPs discussed the programme for the next six-month presidency of the Council of the EU this morning with Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa.
Money-laundering gang with links to South American cartels busted in Spain
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Money-laundering gang with links to South American cartels busted in Spain Description: Europol supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration to dismantle an organised crime group laundering money for major South American cartels.
Press release - New US President: MEPs hope for a new dawn in transatlantic ties
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: New US President: MEPs hope for a new dawn in transatlantic ties | News | European Parliament Description: MEPs welcome the inauguration of Joe Biden as an opportunity for Europe to strengthen EU-US ties and tackle common challenges and threats to the democratic system.
EIB Press Conference on Annual Results - EIB Group increases financing to €77 billion in 2020, combating the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB Press Conference on Annual Results - EIB Group increases financing to €77 billion in 2020, combating the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis Description: In the year of the worst global health and economic crisis for generations, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group rapidly redirected its business to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences on all fronts. It increased financing volumes to €76.8 billion, exceeding its own targets. A third of these funds, €25.5 billion, went into the immediate crisis response that started with a first package in March. Most of it went to small and medium-sized businesses to avoid insolvencies and job losses, especially in countries that did not have the budgetary means for massive national rescue packages.
France arrests 14 suspects in sweep against child sexual abuse online
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: France arrests 14 suspects in sweep against child sexual abuse online Description: A nation-wide operation led by the French Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie nationale) with the support of Europol that targeted suspects who sexually exploited children online has netted 14 arrests. Code-named ‘Horus’ the operation took place between 16 and 20 November 2020. The alleged suspects used social media networks to approach minors aged between 12 and 13 and lured them into sharing intimate images and videos. The arrested suspects are said to have had no links between them and three have already been sentenced.
Crime against the elderly: four arrests in Germany and Poland
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Crime against the elderly: four arrests in Germany and Poland Description: Police authorities in Berlin (Germany) and Poznan (Poland) have apprehended a group of fraudsters targeting elderly people with a phone scam similar to the one known as the ‘nephew trick’. The imposters called their potential victims in Austria and Germany pretending to be officials calling on behalf of their relatives in need of help. They called elderly people telling them that a relative had been involved in an accident and asked them for money so their relative would avoid arrest.