Following the opening of centres on the fight against cybercrime, terrorism, smuggling of migrants and serious forms of organised crime, on Friday 5 June Europol set up a European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (see EUROPE B12499A24).
At a press conference, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said that the opening of the centre comes “at the right time”. The economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic gives “an opportunity for organised crime groups to be stronger...