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  The Retail Payments Infrastructure Board launches consultation on the next generation UK payments infrastructure

  Bank of England

  June 25, 2026

  Today marks a major milestone in the modernisation of the UK's payments landscape, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on the future design of the UK's next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The new infrastructure will provide a secure foundation for innovation, greater choice and more seamless payments, while supporting existing and emerging forms of digital money. This consultation will help inform the ‘blueprint’ for the future infrastructure, which will then be delivered by the new industry led ‘Delivery Company’.

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  Poland: Two suspects detained over €795 000 fraud involving Clean Air Programme

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  June 25, 2026

  At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), law enforcement authorities detained two suspects on Monday, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving funds under the Clean Air Programme, with an estimated damage of €795 000 (PLN 3 420 614.77). Of this amount, €628 000 (PLN 2 700 440) concerned EU funds. One of the suspects is the representative of two companies involved in implementing projects under the Clean Air Programme – a Polish government scheme that provides funding to homeowners to replace polluting heating systems and improve energy efficiency in residential buildings, co-funded by the EU. The other suspect acted as an agent for those companies, helping them find homeowners interested in receiving EU funding under the Clean Air Programme. This suspect also served as the representative of the homeowners who signed contracts with those companies for the provision of services and works subsidised under the Clean Air Programme.

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  Drug traffickers brought down after shipping 1.4 tonnes of cannabis by parcel post

  Europol

  June 25, 2026

    A criminal network suspected of smuggling large quantities of cannabis from Spain to France using parcel delivery services has been dismantled following a coordinated law enforcement operation supported by Europol and Eurojust. Between 15 and 19 June 2026, law enforcement authorities arrested 10 suspects –and carried out 24 searches across France and Spain. The searches led to the seizure of EUR 278 000 in cash, cannabis, and other drugs, firearms, phones, and cars.