My Europe Series Unmasking the coronavirus fraudsters In this episode of Unreported Europe, Euronews' Monica Pinna unmasks the scams criminals are turning to during the COVID-19 pandemic. 15/05/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. COVID-19 is opening up new opportunities for fraudsters. Business must act to reduce the risk ǀ View The situation that has been created by coronavirus will have produced new opportunities for those who commit fraud. And fraud is like a virus: it will spread and cause the maximum amount of harm unless the right precautions are taken. 20/04/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. The $4 billion dollar question: how do you deal with soaring cyptocurrency crime? ǀ View Cryptocurrency crime accounted for more than $4.3 billion (€3.9 billion) in 2019. There are grounds for optimism but many more causes for concern regarding the rise of this kind of financial crime. 24/03/2020
World News Interpol warns fraudsters are using coronavirus fears to scam victims Interpol has listed a number of scams that have been reported to it by member countries in the wake of the COVID-19 emergency 13/03/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. The challenge for the SFO now is showing how different it is after the failed Barclays case ǀ View A jury clearing three Barclays executives of fraud was a bad result for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The failed prosecution was the legacy of the agency’s previous director. But seems to be little indication that the SFO’s new regime is making progress. 06/03/2020
United Kingdom Victims of coronavirus scams lost a huge amount of money in February Scammers conned victims in the UK using phishing emails where they posed as groups associated with the World Health Organization. 06/03/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. The UK’s Serious Fraud Offices’ failure in the landmark Barclays case has exposed its flaws ǀ View Following the dramatic acquittal of all three senior Barclays’ executives last week, John Binns and Harry Travers, partners in the Business Crime team at BCL Solicitors analyse what went wrong and why it matters for the SFO. 04/03/2020
France French ex-presidential favourite François Fillon on trial for fraud The 2017 scandal sank the career of the then favourite for the Elysée and opened the door for Emmanuel Macron to win the French presidency. 24/02/2020
United Kingdom Euroviews. Brexit will complicate tackling fraud across Europe – but maybe civil remedies hold the key ǀ View As fraudsters’ numbers, capacity and sophistication apparently overtake those of investigating authorities, there is every reason to believe that civil remedies will increasingly become a focus for victims of fraud. 05/02/2020
Czech Republic Andrej Babis: Czech PM fraud investigation to continue The ruling reverses an earlier decision to drop the case that the PM had received European Union subsidies. 04/12/2019
Belgium Brussels backs Romania's Laura Kovesi as EU's first public prosecutor Kovesi led a massive crackdown on graft in her native Romania. 19/09/2019
United Kingdom Euroviews. Self-reporting of corporate wrongdoing should be further encouraged ǀ View Encouraging the self-reporting of corporate wrongdoing and motivating responsible corporate citizens has a number of significant benefits. 26/07/2019
United Kingdom Billionaire arrested in London over India’s biggest banking fraud Nirav Modi is one of the main suspects charged in the $2 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), India's biggest banking fraud. 20/03/2019
Slovenia Woman in Slovenia 'cuts off own hand with saw for insurance payout' A woman was arrested in Slovenia for fraud after cutting her hand off with a circular saw in a bid to land an insurance payout, police say. 12/03/2019
India Bootleg liquor kills scores in India At least 150 people have died from drinking toxic illegal alcohol in Assam in northeast India. 24/02/2019
Finland In hot water: Finland MP probed over claiming sauna as second home A Finnish MP is being investigated by the police for claiming a sauna as his second home. 21/12/2018
Germany Der Spiegel sacks a reporter over "falsified" and "invented" articles A reporter for the German magazine Der Spiegel was sacked after he admitted he had invented stories. 19/12/2018
World News Credit card cloning gang busted Police in Spain say a man arrested as part of an operation against credit card cloning had previously been jailed for helping finance the 9/11 terror attacks 04/11/2018
USA Tesla's Elon Musk sued over 'misleading' tweets Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, is being sued for fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing him of putting out "false and misleading" tweets about potentially taking the electric car company private. 28/09/2018