The Fight Against Identify Fraud: A Brief Study of the EU, the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands

This report is based on a brief review of the response to identity theft in the EU, the Netherlands, France, Germany and the UK. In particular the report focuses on what the current status in law regarding identity theft is in each country, what individual governments are doing to highlight the issue with individuals/businesses and what estimates have been made/assessments done as to the extent of the current problem.

The findings show that identity theft is a serious issue across Europe, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Although there are some measures in place to address it much work is being carried out in isolation without proper co-ordination. The report calls for more awareness raising among the residents in the European Union as well as greater co-ordination of responses to identity theft and fraud.

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