Countries participating to the operation
USD 1 billionfor the airline industry
losses of Europol deployed specialists and equipment to locations across Europe.
Airline industry
Credit card industry
Travel industry
Law Enforcement
Credit card fraud linked to:drug trafficking, fraud with counterfeit payment cards, organising illegal immigration
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) took part in the action, providing important fraud intelligence from its database
A dedicated team of analysts working from the Europol operational centre provided live access to centralised criminal intelligence databases.
Protect consumers from being duped by these criminal enterprisesAim of action
Target the criminal online services offering credit card credentials and fake plane tickets
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland, Turkey
Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Canada, United States of America.
airlines 35
over
alerts160
countries 32
Global action against online fraudsters in the airline sector
Operation3 - 4 November 2015
The coordinated Global Airport Action targeted criminals suspected of fraudulently purchasing plane tickets online using stolen or fake credit card data.
133detained under suspicion of fraud
162suspicious transactions reported
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Coordination centres:
Europol, The Hague, The NetherlandsAmeripol, Bogota, ColombiaCanada
