Europol launches EU Anti-Scam Platform at EAFCS Dublin as online fraud costs EU EUR 64bn annually

Europol Deputy Executive Director Jean-Philippe Lecouffe announced the launch of the EU Anti-Scam Platform at the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2026 in Dublin on 1 May. The platform is described as an operational hub to confront and address the industrialisation of online fraud, drawing on expertise from Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre. The platform will focus on information-sharing between law enforcement agencies across EU member states and provide specialised briefings on evolving scam typologies. The launch directly follows the IOCTA 2026 finding that online fraud has become the fastest-growing area of organised crime in the EU, with losses estimated at EUR 64.1 billion in 2025 alone. The Anti-Scam Platform is Europol’s most significant operational anti-fraud initiative and positions it as the central criminal information hub for the EU’s response to industrialised online fraud.

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