Half-yearly dashboard on fraud
One of the tasks entrusted to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is to combat unlawful activities in the area of financial investments. The FSMA publishes a dashboard that provides statistics as well as an overview of the main trends regarding investment fraud. The dashboard for the first half of 2026 is now available. This edition of the dashboard highlights the following items: Fraudulent trading platforms and scams linked to cryptocurrencies continue to make up nearly half of
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