Thousandth NFIB fraud alert aids international investigation
The NFIB’s 1000th fraud alert issued from its private sector desk has led to a Scottish traffic officer identifying a criminal suspect for the Andorran police force.
The intelligence for the alert resulted from the close partnership forged between the analytical teams at the Bureau and Europol.
The alliance has given the NFIB access to the images of unidentified criminals or suspected criminals operating across the Continent, enabling it to call on the help of UK police forces to identify ‘wanted’ people down.
Within days of the landmark fraud alert being circulated analysts had notified Europol about Strathclyde Police identifying one if its female suspects.
This information was quickly fed back to law enforcement in Andorra and is now being considered by detectives as part of an investigation into an alleged case of ATM fraud.
DCI Richard Waight, The Deputy Director of the NFIB, said:
“Fraud alerts are only as good as the intelligence that informs them and the partner organisations who are ready and willing to act on them.
"The success of the thousandth alert reinforces the effectiveness of the NFIB, especiallly when working in close collaboration with law enforcement and agencies such as Europol.
“Having vigilant traffic officers on your side never goes amiss as well!”
