Σε μια συντονισμένη προσπάθεια της Europol με συμμετοχή διεθνών υπηρεσιών επιβολής του νόμου, συνελήφθησαν 130 άτομα για κατοχή αεροπορικών εισιτηρίων που αγοράστηκαν με κλεμμένα στοιχεία πιστωτικών καρτών.
The business was organized at 140 airports in five continents (Europe, Asia, Australia, America and Africa) in 49 countries.
The action took place from 16 to 17 June.
According to statistics, this criminal activity has caused huge losses to airlines. Losses are estimated at about 1 million, not to mention losses from stolen cards.
"OR scam with airline tickets is a complex and global phenomenon that poses certain security issues. Suppressing organized crime groups operating in this sector requires communication between airlines, banks, card payment systems, IATA and law enforcement authorities at an international level," the statement said. Europol.
Law enforcement agencies had three coordination centers, Europol in The Hague, Singapore's Interpol, and AMERIPOL in Bogota. Let's say there was additional help from the Canadian and US authorities.
Together with representatives from the private sector, such as airlines, major card companies (American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Visa Inc. and Visa Europe), 222 was recorded as illegal transactions, and most of them (74%) were Europe.
Of 130 individuals surveyed by the police, 101 of them were arrested in Europe, 11 in Asia, 10 in Latin America, 2 in the US, and 6 in Canada.
It appears that those arrested have been involved in various criminal offenses, such as trafficking in human beings or drugs, goods smuggling, fraud, cybercrime, illegal immigration and terrorism.
Wil van Gemert, Europol's Deputy Chief Operating Officer, said it was the result of multiple actions with "meticulous planning between Europol, law enforcement, law enforcement and border control, airlines and credit card companies." He was a perfect example how can our combined forces identify organized crime gangs involved in large-scale fraud and other crimes? ”
One of the positives Results of the actions was that airlines can now work better with card issuing Banks to combat this type of fraud
