MEDIA ADVISORY | Coalition of Six Countries to Announce International Cybercrime Law Enforcement Action
EVENT:
U.S. Department of Justice | A press conference will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019, to announce a major law enforcement action against a transnational organized cybercrime network behind $100 million malware attacks. This operation is an unprecedented international effort to bring to justice members of the same criminal network living in multiple countries. The conference will be live-streamed.
DETAILS:
Speakers:
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania
FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office
German Public Prosecutor’s Office of Verden, Lower Saxony
Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine
Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia
Centre for Combating Cybercrime of the Republic of Moldova
General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime of the Republic of Bulgaria
Eurojust
Europol
Time: Thursday, May 16, 2019
Time: 14:00 CEST | 8:00 EDT
Place: Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands | Eisenhowerlaan 73, 2517 KK The Hague
Ground Rules: On the Record press conference | LIVESTREAMED ON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A6f-3Xnh4Q
RSVP: Through email to press@europol.europa.eu by Wednesday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m (CEST)
Please send your full name + date of birth for registration. Valid ID credentials are required for admittance.
NOTE: Material for media will be made available on Europol’s website at 2:00 p.m. CEST. The conference room will be available for media to set up at 1:15 p.m. CEST and everything must be pre-set by 1:45 p.m. CEST.
Inquiries by U.S. media regarding logistics should be directed to U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson Nicole Navas Oxman at Nicole.Navas@usdoj.gov.