Trading scheme resulting in €30 million in losses uncovered
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Trading scheme resulting in €30 million in losses uncovered Description: On 11 May 2021, a large criminal network involved in investment fraud and money laundering was dismantled as a result of a cross border operation supported by Europol and Eurojust. The investigation, led by Germany, involved law enforcement and judicial authorities from Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia, North-Macedonia, Poland, Spain and Sweden.
EASO Executive Director welcomes Spain’s commitment to reform reception system
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EASO Executive Director welcomes Spain’s commitment to reform reception system Description: During the week of 10-14 May 2021, the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), Nina Gregori, held a series of high-level meetings in Lisbon and Madrid to discuss the Agency’s new operational support for Spain’s reception system, as well as work to enhance EASO’s mandate and transform it into the EU Agency for Asylum.
ESAs’ report on the implementation and functioning of the securitisation regulation
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ESAs’ report on the implementation and functioning of the Description: The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority) published today its analysis of the implementation and the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation (SECR), including recommendations on how to address initial
Europol helps Spanish authorities break up a €26.5 million VAT fraud scheme
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Europol helps Spanish authorities break up a €26.5 million VAT fraud scheme Description: An international law enforcement operation involving 5 countries with the support of Europol and Eurojust has resulted in the arrest of 22 suspects belonging to an organised crime group which has caused over €26.5 million in tax loss to the Spanish state budget.
Quotas can turbocharge progress on gender balance in politics and business
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Quotas can turbocharge progress on gender balance in politics and business Description: EIGE has published its latest data on women and men in decision-making, covering the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as the seven countries that receive support from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.
Regional leaders call to avoid competition between cohesion policy and over-centralised EU Recovery Plan
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Regional leaders call to avoid competition between cohesion policy and over-centralised EU Recovery Plan Description: The President of the European Committee of the Regions Apostolos Tzitzikostas intervened today at the informal meeting of Ministers responsible for cohesion policy. The debate focused on how to ensure synergies between cohesion policy and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the EUR 672.5 billion instrument that is the cornerstone of the recovery instrument Next Generation EU, known also as the Recovery Plan for Europe.