The 44th Meeting of EAST National Members was hosted by EURO Kartensysteme GmbH (EKS) in Frankfurt on 7th February 2018.  National country crime updates were provided by 21 countries. Topics covered included payment fraud and the evolution of payment technology, ATM malware and logical attacks, terminal related fraud attacks and ATM related physical attacks.

Presentations were given by staff from the German Federal Criminal Police Office – BKA (Bundeskriminalamt) and also by the EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF) and the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF).  An update was given by the EAST Expert Group on ATM and ATS Physical Attacks (EGAP).

EAST Fraud Update 1-2018 will be produced later this month based on the updates provided at the meeting.  EAST Fraud Updates are available on the EAST Website to EAST Members.