The Other Side of the Coin: Counterfeiting in Europe

Established in 2020 to support national law enforcement authorities in their efforts to fight financial and economic crimes and aid in international cooperation and information exchange, Europol’s European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) has just released its first threat assessment on the matter.

Titled ‘The Other Side of the Coin: An Analysis of Financial and Economic Crime’, the European Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment 2023 provides an in-depth assessment of the threats posed by financial and economic crimes at the EU level.

‘Through this threat assessment, and our other analysis products, Europol wants to foster cooperation that will derail the world of criminal finances, intercept illicit profits, and – above all else – Make Europe Safer’, writes the Executive Director of Europol, Catherine De Bolle, in the report’s foreword.