48th EAST Meeting hosted by Europol in The Hague

The 48th EAST Meeting (National Members) was hosted by Europol at their Headquarters in The Hague on 5th June 2019. Presentations were made by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the European Serious Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC).

National country crime updates were provided by 18 countries, and a global update by HSBC. 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 also given by the EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF), the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF) and the EAST Expert Group on ATM and ATS Physical Attacks (EGAP).

EAST Fraud Update 2-2019 will be produced later this month, based on the national country crime updates provided at the meeting. EAST Fraud Updates are available on the EAST Website to EAST Members.