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Police use Google Ads to combat cybercrime
Nederland - Finding information on the internet about executing a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack and other forms of cybercrime is child's play. A simple Google search can reveal ways to carry out a DDoS attack. Law enforcement invests a lot to prevent young people from engaging in cybercrime. For example, law enforcement invests in Google Ads to warn about the dangers and consequences of cybercrime. ‘But we cannot do this alone’, says program director cybercrime Theo van der Plas. ‘We need tech companies, such as Google, to tackle cybercrime worldwide.’
New hope in murder cases thanks to tipsters Operation Identify Me
The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany - A week after the launch of Operation Identify Me important new information has been received in the search for the identity of deceased women. Police organizations in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have received more than 200 tips, including names of victims for several cases. On Tuesday the 16th of May, a week after the launch, the police will take stock for the first time in Dutch police television program Opsporing Verzocht. The police organizations in the three countries and INTERPOL welcome the public’s participation so far and emphasize that more information is still needed.
Global appeal for information on 22 suspected female murder victims
The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany - Today, the Bundeskriminalamt in Germany, the Federal police in Belgium, the police in the Netherlands and INTERPOL have launched “Operation Identify Me” to identify 22 murdered girls and women. In almost all of the cases it’s certain that the victims were murdered. Who they are, where they are from and why they were left in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands is unknown. Because of the campaign INTERPOL launches a new online Identify Me list of all these murder cases.
Global police operation: arrests for online identity theft with millions of victims
Nederland - The FBI, Europol, and the Netherlands Police conducted a large-scale international investigation into the criminal trading website Genesis Market. On this website, millions of user profiles containing users’ online fingerprints were being sold. Hackers use this data to take over the digital life of their victims. On 4 April 2023, the website was taken offline by the FBI with operation Cookiemonster. Hundreds of suspects were visited across 17 countries. In the Netherlands, 17 arrests have been made so far.
JIT MH17: strong indications that Russian president decided on supplying Buk
The Hague - There are strong indications that the Russian president decided on supplying the Buk TELAR to the DPR separatists. This is the conclusion of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in its investigation into those responsible in the Russian Federation for the downing of flight MH17 with a Buk missile. The JIT has shared its findings with the next of kin of the 298 victims and published a report. Although a lot of new information has been discovered about various people involved, the evidence is at the moment not concrete enough to lead to new prosecutions.
Crash of a small Norwegian airplane in Callandkanaal was a tragic accident
Rotterdam - The police have completed the investigation into the Norwegian plane that crashed into the Callandkanaal in Rotterdam (NL) on 5 June 2022. The Aviation Supervision Team of the Netherlands Police’s Central Unit concludes that it is highly likely that the crash was the result of a tragic accident, in which the bad weather possibly played a role. Both persons on board, a 58-year-old Norwegian man and his 15-year-old son were killed.