350 tonnes of dangerous fireworks seized in Germany and the Netherlands
An investigation by the German Regional Police (Landespolizei Osnabrück), the Dutch National Police (Politie) and the Dutch Prosecution Office of
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Cross Border Crime
44 arrested in Poland in a sting targeting online child sexual exploitation
The Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości), supported by Europol, targeted child sexual abuse through the setting-up of
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Official meeting of the heads of border authorities from the member states of the Salzburg Forum
The General Inspectorate of the Romanian Border Police hosted, at its headquarters in Bucharest, the ” Meeting of the heads
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Operation Mobile 5 – Race against time
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, criminal gangs involved in car theft around Europe have focused on stripping stolen cars into parts
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31 arrested for stealing cars by hacking keyless tech
With the support of Europol and Eurojust, the French authorities in cooperation with their Spanish and Latvian counterparts have dismantled
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Frontex releases its risk analysis for 2022/2023
Frontex is releasing the Frontex Risk Analysis for 2022/2023, a comprehensive report presenting the situation at the EU’s external borders
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Qatar and Europol sign arrangement to combat cross-border serious organised crime
On 5 October 2022, the Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar and the European Union Agency for Law
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Frontex opens risk analysis cell in Nouakchott
On 20 September, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and Mauritanian authorities opened a risk analysis cell in
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CBP Seizes Vehicle Smuggled from Mexico into Puerto Rico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized a vehicle that was smuggled into the
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Cryptocurrencies key to tackling organised crime – Europol and Basel Institute on Governance
As cryptocurrency use expands into practically every country and sector, so does its abuse to commit new forms of crime
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Spanish National Police arrests 15 people for facilitating the fraudulent residence of Chinese citizens
Agents of the Spanish National Police have dismantled a criminal organization based in the province of Malaga with the arrest
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Travelling gang of South American thieves dismantled after robberies in France and Spain
Law enforcement authorities in Spain, France and Chile, supported by Europol’s European Serious Organised Crime Centre, have closed in on
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Interpol Report: Pollution crime is highly profitable, organized and harming the planet
Throughout a series of global law enforcement operations that INTERPOL has coordinated against pollution crime in recent years, a key
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Strengthening border security co-operation with Mediterranean Partners focus of meeting organized with Spanish National Police
A meeting of OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on Border Security and Management, organized by the Border Security and
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Dismantled the most active criminal organization in Europe dedicated to the theft of ATMs using explosive devices
Directed by the Civil Guard and coordinated by EUROPOL and EUROJUST, in collaboration with Police from Belgium, France and Romania
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Thirteen arrested over German cashpoint explosions that netted gang over EUR 1.6 million
The German authorities, together with their Dutch and Belgian counterparts, have arrested thirteen members of a Dutch gang linked to
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