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