On 12 April the police cooperation agency, Europol, published its new report on the analysis of serious crime threats in the EU. This SOCTA (Serious and organised crime threat assessment) report, published every 4 years, mentions in particular a “continued expansion and evolution of threats” with “potential long-term effects from the Covid-19 pandemic”, which has created new conditions ripe for criminal groups, notably in online fraud or cyber attacks.
The main elements of the...