Both led to a rise in the long-term interest rates in the United States in the past twelve months. And even in the euro area capital market rates went up – but less than in the US. One reason is that financial markets already expected that the ECB Governing Council will prolong its ultraloose monetary policy.
This has become especially true in recent years, because of the growing sophistication of financial instruments and trading technologies. It's now much easier to hide one's own identity, or to steal someone else's, using Internet and other anonymous networks. And it's easier to confuse people with ever more complex financial schemes.