Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Half a million in fake euros seized in Romania Description: Europol supported the Romania authorities to dismantle an organised crime group counterfeiting euros and Romanian lei. Law enforcement authorities from Austria, Belgium, Germany and Spain and the European Central Bank also assisted the investigation. A clue discovered by the investigators led to the action day on 27 January 2021 as the network was planning to put counterfeit banknotes equivalent to €50 000 into circulation.
International fraud in forex trade and binary options busted in Andorra
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: International fraud in forex trade and binary options busted in Andorra Description: Spain’s Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) together with Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra), Andorra and Europol have teamed up to dismantle an investment fraud in foreign exchange and binary options markets. The scam is believed to have an international scope. Led by Andorran Police under the judicial direction of Specialized Batllia Instruction 2, an operation carried out in January has resulted in the arrest of six suspected fraudsters aged between 20 and 34 years. The nabbed suspects allegedly defrauded thousands of clients via an investment training company.
EIOPA publishes annual report on the use of capital add-ons under Solvency II
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIOPA publishes annual report on the use of capital add-ons under Solvency II - Eiopa European Commission Description: EIOPA publishes annual report on the use of capital add-ons under Solvency II
Press release - Empowering Africa: MEPs vote on strategy for a new EU-Africa partnership
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Empowering Africa: MEPs vote on strategy for a new EU-Africa partnership | News | European Parliament Description: Europe and Africa must move away from a donor-recipient relationship, said the Development Committee, outlining its vision for a relationship between the two continents.
Greece: EIB backs transformation of civil protection and pandemic preparedness
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Greece: EIB backs transformation of civil protection and pandemic preparedness Description: Civil protection across Greece to better tackle COVID-19 and reduce loss of life through natural disasters will be transformed under a new EUR 595 million European Investment Bank loan formally agreed earlier today. Long-term financing and shared technical best-practice will help to transform disaster prevention and response to pandemics and natural disasters including floods, forest fires and earthquakes in all 13 Greek regions.