Dear colleagues, I’m pleased to announce that the RIPE NCC and Europol signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague on 14 December 2016. The MoU builds on our long-standing relationship with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), with a focus on lending one another expertise in the areas of cybercrime and Internet security. You can find the full news announcement online: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/europol-mou You can also find the MoU itself, along with the other agreements we have with external organisations, on the RIPE NCC website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. Kind regards, Paul Rendek Director of External Relations RIPE NCC