Author: Stephen Rae

Regulatory Watch News

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  Fraudsters targeting cryptocurrency stopped and $12 million frozen in NCA-led Operation Atlantic

  National Crime Agency

  April 10, 2026

  More than $12 million has been frozen and 20,000 victims identified in an NCA-led international operation targeting cryptocurrency and investment scammers. Operation Atlantic, held last month and co-hosted by the NCA, US Secret Service, Ontario Provincial Police and Ontario Securities Commission, focused on identifying victims who have lost, or were at risk of losing, cryptocurrency through 'approval phishing'. Approval phishing is a scam where victims are tricked into granting criminals access to their cryptocurrency wallets, often as part of investment scams.

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  GRECO publishes evaluation report on preventing corruption and promoting integrity at local level in Estonia

  GRECO

  April 10, 2026

  In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), acknowledges Estonia’s progress in preventing corruption and promoting integrity at local level, while recommending further measures on anti-corruption policy, ethics, transparency and accountability. The evaluation process included an on-site visit in April 2025 during which GRECO’s evaluation team engaged with a wide range of national and local stakeholders in the municipalities of Tallinn and Tartu.

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  Investigation Podlimit: Nine Czech companies under scrutiny in large-scale import fraud case involving Chinese goods

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  April 10, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 10 April 2026) – At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Liberec (Czechia), multiple searches and investigative measures were conducted today in Czechia and Slovakia, in a probe into suspected large-scale customs fraud and VAT evasion involving the imports of textiles, shoes and e-commerce goods from China into the EU.