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The Czech Republic holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union between 1st July and 31st December 2022.

On June 14-15, the TIG Financial Investigation Subgroup Cryptocurrencies held its first physical meeting in Brussels. The majority of the 15 participants had never met in person.

The EU’s Security Research Domain is vast, meaning many great initiatives start and finish, but, unfortunately, some of these can slip by without too much notice.

The cryptocurrencies subgroup will meet in person for the first time in Brussels on the 14th-15th of June 2022. The meeting will start with a demonstration by Chainalysis experts and for the remaining part of the event, the group will focus on developing a manual on crypto investigations. 

IG meeting on the topic of OSINT took place during the joint ENFIN & ENLETS event on the 21st of April 2022 from 10:00-12:15 CET. Presentations were shared by Mr Eddie Gereke from FIOD, Mr David Larsen from the Norwegian Skatteetaten and Ms Nathalie van de Waarsenburg the Internet Investigation TIG Leader at ENLETS. 

A C-UAS TIG report has been created to provide a comprehensive summary of its past activities which was started in December 2020.

Despite the continued tremendous involvement of PO TIG Leader, Jakub Gorczyński in the work at the Polish border, the entire group is currently working on completing a survey on the Legal Basis of Public Order Units’ operations.

The Procurement TIG participants gathered on the 20th of April 2022 to discuss the assumptions of the Project Initiation Document and thus decide on the objectives and activities of the TIG.

On the 12th of April, the FI TIG Cryptocurrencies subgroup met again. During the online meeting, Mr Hugo Leijtens provided a demo session on how to do cryptocurrencies research.

The past period was very fruitful for the Public Order TIG. The report from last meeting and the Work Plan for 2022 has been prepared.

We would like to inform you that new ENLETS promotional materials have been published on the website.

On the 23rd and 24th of February 2022, the ENLETS ETP Final Conference was held online to provide the Community with a comprehensive overview and progress made throughout the duration of ENLETS ETP.

On February 24, the war in Ukraine began due to the Russian invasion. This tragic fact triggered a wave of refugees who began to look for a safe place in neighbouring countries (Poland, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary) from the areas affected by the conflict.

Mobile Technology area. The conversations concluded in broadening the group’s scope to reflect the changing operational environment of policing. 

The FI TIG meeting scheduled for the 17th of March on the topic of OSINT was postponed and will instead take place during the joint ENFIN & ENLETS event on the 21st of April 2022 from 10:00-12:00. On this date ENFIN organises its next ENFIN ‘On The Move’ session. 

The upcoming FI TIG Cryptocurrencies subgroup meeting will take place on the 12th of April from 13:00-15:00 CET. During this meeting, Mr. Hugo Leijtens will present a document outlining how they carried out the Fintech investigation, demonstrate the use of Chainlist and present a guide on how to recognise crypto at the scene. 

On the 22nd of February the FI TIG Cryptocurrencies subgroup met. In this session the group focused on two cases.  

The recent National Contact Point meeting was held from 3rd to 4th March 2022 in Paris, France. Check out our video summarising the event and highlighting the most important points of the discussion.