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European crime syndicates have ramped up their efforts to contact bankers and other financial services employees online and recruit them into their schemes to move funds and steal customer data, Europol warned Tuesday. In a 100-page report, the agency, which coordinates cross-border investigations within the bloc, claimed that the internet has become the "primary theater" for money launderers, cybercriminals, fraudsters and other suspects to communicate with each other, find victims and recruit new members. "The digital environment ... has become an enabler, a countermeasure and a target," Catherine de Bolle, Europol's executive director, told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday. "Corruption...