STRATEGIC PARTNERS
July 5, 2018
Seventy-four Investigators, forensic experts, and police officers joined the fourth edition of the Europol Training Course on Payment Card Fraud Forensics and Investigations last week at the Spanish National Police Academy in Ávila, Spain.
Since 2015, the program has trained more than 200 international students in fraud investigation activities, a Europol press release said. This year's conference included 33 speakers from law enforcement agencies, the European Commission, Europol and bodies from the private sector and academia.
Training sessions covered cryptocurrencies; ATM malware; forensic tools examining skimming equipment; NFC technology; EU regulation in noncash payment; data breaches; cyberattacks and more.
Participants from 27 countries representing the European Union and aligned non-EU nations (e.g., Iceland, Gibraltar, Montenegro, Moldova, Canada, Ukraine and South Korea) attended presentations and workshops, and had the opportunity to network with key actors in the area of payment fraud: the Santander Group, S21sec, TrendMicro, MasterCard, Loyalty Fraud Prevention Association, Western Union or EAST.
As part of Europol, the European Cybercrime Centre presented several joint actions in coordination with member states and the private sector.
Representatives from Spanish authorities stressed the importance of international training supported by Europol to strengthen networking in future investigations, as well as the importance of joining efforts between police forces and the private sector, the release said.
