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  102nd GRECO Plenary Meeting (23–27 March 2026)

  GRECO

  March 23, 2026

  GRECO will hold its 102nd plenary meeting from 23 to 27 March 2026. During the session, the plenary will examine 6th Round evaluation reports on Estonia and the Slovak Republic. Launched in 2025, GRECO’s 6th Evaluation Round focuses on preventing corruption and promoting integrity at the sub-national level. Additionally, the plenary will examine follow-up reports on compliance with recommendations on preventing corruption among parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors for Denmark, Czechia, Türkiye and Ukraine, and on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies for Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova and Türkiye. The plenary will also examine a Joint 1st and 2nd Rounds compliance report on Kazakhstan.

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  Scam alert related to banks

  HKMA

  March 23, 2026

  The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to the press releases issued by the banks listed below relating to fraudulent websites, internet banking login screens, phishing emails or other scams, which have been reported to the HKMA. Hyperlinks to the press releases are available on the HKMA website.  

  Bank	Type of Scam
  The Bank of East Asia, Limited	Fraudulent website and internet banking login screen
  Shanghai Commercial Bank Limited	Fraudulent website and internet banking login screen
  Chong Hing Bank Limited	Fraudulent website and internet banking login screen
  OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) Limited	Fraudulent websites and internet banking login screens
  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited	Phishing instant messages

   

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  Global cybercrime crackdown: over 373 000 dark web sites shut down

  Europol

  March 20, 2026

  On 9 March 2026, a global operation led by German authorities and supported by Europol was launched against one of the largest networks of fraudulent platforms in the dark web. The investigation began in mid-2021 against the dark web platform “Alice with Violence CP”. During the investigation, authorities discovered that the platform’s operator was running more than 373 000 fraudulent websites advertising child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings.