On 5 April 2019, Europol’s EC3 and the European Merchant Risk Council (MRC Europe) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combat serious organised crime, especially in the area of e-commerce fraud.

MRC is an independent, non-profit business association that promotes collaboration between eCommerce payment systems and risk professionals. It supports over 500 member companies, representing a variety of industries, technologies, services, and solutions. The focus is on optimizing payments and reducing eCommerce fraud.