On 6 September 2023, for a second consecutive year, Europol hosted the Criminal Analyst of the Year Award. With this award, Europol recognises the impressive work conducted by Member States this past year in the field of criminal and operational analysis. During the ceremony, Europol’s Deputy Executive Director Operations, Jean-Philippe Lecouffe, highlighted the importance of strategic and criminal analysis in stepping up the fight against the most serious crimes threatening the security of the EU.
Award for operational analysis targeting DDoS attacks
The first category awards an analyst, or team of analysts, for delivering outstanding operational analysis. The winning analysis shed light on an investigation targeting criminal activity that fell within Europol’s mandate. The award for Operational Analyst 2023 went to the Cybercrime Investigations Team of the Regional Criminal Police in Hessen, Germany (Hessisches Landeskriminalamt) for their work on a case targeting European-wide Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The other two finalists in this category were:
- Greece: Hellenic Police (Ελληνική Αστυνομία) for a case targeting the trafficking of steroids;
- Spain: National Police (Policía Nacional) for an investigation against an itinerant transnational organised crime group.
Innovative work on financial fraud wins the strategic analysis award
The second category awards outstanding strategic analysis, which has helped decision-makers to increase their foresight in the fight against serious and organised crime. The award for Strategic Analyst 2023 went to the German Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt) for their analysis on investment fraud.
The other two finalists in this category were:
- France: National Police (Police Nationale / SIRASCO) for analysis on a new phenomenon in illegal car sub-letting;
- Germany: Berlin Police (Polizei Berlin) for analysis of the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
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