3rd Interim EAST Meeting – National and Global Members
A third Interim Meeting of EAST National and Global Members took place on Wednesday 10th February 2021. Due to the Covid-19 situation, it was conducted as a virtual meeting. The meeting was chaired by Martine Hemmerijckx from Worldline.
Law enforcement overviews were provided by Europol and the Gulf Cooperation Council Police (GCCPOL). Two presentations were made by Europol: one from the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) covered recent successful cross-border operations; the other covered Physical ATM attacks across Europe. The GCCPOL presentation covered payment and fraud issues seen by their 6 member countries – it focussed on Technological Fraud (crimes committed using different forms/types of machines and technology) and Non-Technological Fraud (conducted directly against the victim).
Updates were received from 26 countries, either directly or via a global update by Worldline. Each update covered Fraud Types, Fraud Origin, Due Diligence and Physical Attacks (ATM, ATS and CIT). A key issue, highlighted by most of the countries, is the importance of raising consumer awareness to counter the rising threats related to social engineering.
EAST Fraud Update 1-2021 will be produced during March, based on the country updates provided at the Interim EAST Meeting. EAST Fraud, Payment and Physical Attack Updates are available on the EAST Intranet to EAST Members.
The next meeting of this group, scheduled for 9th June 2021, will also be a virtual Interim meeting. The 1st EAST Global Congress is now scheduled to be held in October 2021, dependant on the prevailing status of the Covid-19 pandemic.
