Portugal, cyber mafia playground

Published on 2 September 2010

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"International cyber-mafias are operating and laundering their profits in Portugal", reports the Lisbon daily i. Russian and Brazilian crime rings adept at phishing (using various computer-aided techniques to obtain private personal information) have netted 2 million euros since the beginning of the year, which represents 75% of cybercrime. Online banks and money-transfer sites are the most often targeted, particularly those used by immigrants from Eastern Europe.

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