Europol has acknowledged the increased threat to various forms of economic crime, including IPR, during the COVID 19 pandemic and today responded by launching the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre. The new EFECC has been set up within the current organisational structure of Europol that is already playing an important part in the European response to financial and economic crime and will be staffed with 65 international experts and analysts. FUSION 85 Director Paul Warren is a member of the Europol Intellectual Property Crime Platform For Experts and can assist should you have any questions. You can download the full Europol brief here.