https://www.cepol.europa.eu/taxonomy-excise-fraud en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:01 GMT https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/68-2026-ons-excise-fraud-intelligence-detection-and-operational-response Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:01 GMT The aim of this onsite activity is to enhance knowledge, skills and operational competences to detect, analyse, report and support joint operational responses against cross-border smuggling of excise goods, with a focus on novel tobacco products, alcohol and mineral oils, including the effective use... 9194 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/3014-2025-web-emerging-threats-investigation-trade-related-eu-sanctions-eppo Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:00:01 GMT This webinar aims to increase the awareness of law enforcement authorities and prosecutors on investigations on circumvention of EU sanctions with a focus on the role and investigating competence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), and national authorities when EU sanctions circumvent... 9031 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/24-2025-ons-excise-fraud-investigations Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:00:01 GMT The aim of this onsite activity is to enhance the fight against excise fraud by improving the knowledge on the existing patterns of excise fraud, by exchanging good practices of excise investigations and by facilitating the use of financial investigative techniques in excise cases. The course a... 8882 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/3013-2025-web-emerging-threats-and-recent-trends-illicit-tobacco-production-and Tue, 13 May 2025 22:00:01 GMT The aim of this webinar is to increase awareness on the intelligence picture of the illicit production of cigarettes and illicit trade in e-cigarettes and e-liquids by presenting emerging threats and recent trends, as well as good detection and investigation practices to combat them.By the end ... 8823 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/23-2024-ons-excise-fraud-investigations Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT The aim of this onsite activity is to enhance the fight against excise fraud by improving the knowledge on the existing patterns of excise fraud, by exchanging good practices of excise investigations and by facilitating the use of financial investigative techniques in excise fraud cases.The course a... 8409 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/3013-2024-web-detection-and-investigation-illegal-production-facilities Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:00:00 GMT The aim of this webinar is to present techniques, practices and challenges for the detection and investigation of illegal production facilities of cigarettes by sharing information about a criminal case of illicit cigarette production in Germany.By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able ... 8306 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/3042-2023-web-excise-fraud-cigarette-crime Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:00:00 GMT Illegal cigarette production had been dominated by Polish organised crime networks but the phenomenon has been spreading all over Europe. Organised crime groups apply more and more sophisticated techniques to counter detections, use more developed and modern machinery and recruit workers often from ... 8231 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/newsroom/partners-news/cepol-onsite-activity-excise-fraud-investigation-takes-place-lisbon Thu, 25 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT The CEPOL onsite training activity 23/2023/ONS: Excise Fraud - Investigation, took place in Lisbon-Portugal, from 15 -19 May, 2023.The School of Guard, together with the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana Fiscal Action Unit, organised this training activity, under the umbrella of the European Un... 8064 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/23-2023-ons-excise-fraud-investigation Sun, 14 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT The aim of this onsite activity is to enhance the fight against excise fraud by improving the knowledge on the existing patterns of excise fraud, by exchanging good practices of excise investigations and by facilitating the use of financial investigative techniques in excise cases.The course aims to... 7943 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/newsroom/partners-news/cepol-course-excise-fraud-has-kicked-lisbon Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:00:00 GMT The CEPOL course 27/2022 on Excise Fraud started yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal, and will run until 8 July 2022.The School of Guard together with the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana Fiscal Action Unit organises this training activity, under the umbrella of the European Union Agency for Law En... 3619 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/27-2022-ons-excise-fraud-investigation Sun, 03 Jul 2022 21:00:00 GMT The aim of this activity is to enhance the fight against excise fraud by improving the knowledge on the existing patterns of excise fraud, by exchanging good practices of excise investigations and by facilitating the use of financial investigative techniques in excise cases. The course aims to discu... 3292 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/webinar-3014-2022-cigarette-crime Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:00:00 GMT Illegal trade of cigarettes is an ongoing criminal phenomenon in Europe heavily affecting all EU Member States and neighbouring countries. The present webinar will demonstrate illegal trade of cigarette cases from Spain and Romania with particular attention to the detection and raiding of illegal fa... 3195 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/webinar-3013-2022-tobacco-fraud-illegal-manufacturing-cigarettes Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:00:00 GMT Illegal trade of cigarettes is an ongoing criminal phenomenon in Europe heavily affecting all EU Member States and neighbouring countries.According to the empty pack survey results of KPMG Project Sun the total volume of contraband and counterfeit of cigarettes amounted to 34,2 billion sticks in 202... 3192 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/webinar-20-2021-tobacco-fraud Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:00:00 GMT Illicit trade of cigarettes is an ongoing criminal phenomenon in Europe heavily affecting all EU Member States and neighbouring countries.According to the empty pack survey results of KPMG Project Sun the total volume of contraband and counterfeit of cigarettes amounted to 34,2 billion sticks in 202... 3181 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/newsroom/partners-news/cepol-training-activity-excise-fraud-investigation-took-place-estonia Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT CEPOL training activity 22/2021 on excise fraud investigation took place in Narva, Estonia on 5 – 8 October 2021. It has been been organised by the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences together with the Estonian Tax and Customs Board, in conjunction with EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies, Finlan... 3612 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/22-2021-excise-fraud-investigation Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:00:00 GMT The aim of the activity is to enhance the fight against excise fraud by improving the knowledge on the existing patterns in excise fraud in general, by exchanging good practices of excise investigations and by facilitating the use of financial investigative techniques in excise cases. The course aim... 3092 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/webinar-19-2021-alcohol-fraud Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:00:00 GMT Alcohol smuggling is carried out in various ways in the European Union. Straight smuggling under false papers or hidden in cover loads still occurs however Organised Crime Groups that infiltrate the bonded warehouse system use more sophisticated and less detectable methods. The relevant EU trade sys... 3069 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/cepol-guest-editorial-published-tobacco-prevention-and-cessation-journal Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:21:56 GMT On the occasion of CEPOL Webinar: Illicit trade of tobacco products[1] organised in November 2020, the Executive Director of CEPOL, Dr. h.c. Detlef Schröder was invited by Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, the official journal of ENSP (European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention) to write ... 1094 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/webinar-19-2020-illegal-trade-cigarettes Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:00:00 GMT The overall objective of this webinar is to demonstrate case studies on cigarette crime to share good practice on excise fraud related EU cooperation. The contributing experts from Europol and Romania will demonstrate current operational working methods describing collection and analysis of intellig... 2982 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu https://www.cepol.europa.eu/training-education/covid-19-webinar-no7-smuggling-excise-goods-view-covid-19 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:00:00 GMT Excise fraud is taking various forms in the European Union. Certain aspects of the fraud and the related enforcement work are quite stable while other elements are varying due to changing social and economic situation like the current pandemic.The overall objective of this webinar is to examine via ... 2948 at https://www.cepol.europa.eu