Frontex and OSCE discuss preventing document fraud
Last week, Frontex and OSCE met online to exchange views on the prevention of document fraud in South Eastern Europe.
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Organised Crime
Organised crime is understood as ‘any serious crime with a cross-border dimension committed at or along, or which is related to, the external borders’.
Dismantled a criminal group specializing in laundering large amounts of money to other parallel criminal organizations, with links in Spain, Columbia and China
The Civil Guard, in the so-called Operation GAONA, has arrested a total of 21 people belonging to a criminal organization
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New action at EU level against ‘Ndrangheta in Italy and Germany
In a new major operation against international drug trafficking and money laundering, Eurojust and Europol have supported the competent Italian
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Dismantled a travelling criminal organization dedicated to the commission of scams in casinos
Three people of Moldovan nationality have been arrested in the Spain, who, through the use of sophisticated electronic means, identified
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30 arrested in the Netherlands and Poland after 5,4 million counterfeit cigarettes seized
An international law enforcement operation involving the Netherlands, Poland and Europol has resulted in the arrest of 30 members of
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US DHS Announces Operation to Target Criminal Smuggling Organizations
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced a new counter-network targeting operation focused on transnational criminal organizations affiliated with the smuggling of migrants. “Transnational criminal organizations put profit over human life, with devastating
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Nigerian mafia: 30 affiliates of the Italian branch of the “Black Ax” arrested
Drug trafficking, illegal immigration, exploitation of prostitution, money laundering, romantic and computer scams, for a total of almost one hundred
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Fight against organised crime: New 5-year strategy for boosting cooperation across the EU and for better use of digital tools for investigations
The European Commission is presenting a new EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime, focusing on boosting law enforcement and judicial
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228 arrests after 70 000 individuals checked across Europe to tackle mobile criminality
Operation Trivium XIV sees 17 countries target mobile criminal groups using the EU’s road infrastructure Between 13 and 16 April
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Financial investigators link cases to smash cash courier gang
A London-based cash courier cell which attempted to smuggle hundreds of thousands of pounds out of the UK has been
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Serious and Organised Crime in the EU: A corrupting influence
Today, Europol publishes the European Union (EU) Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, the EU SOCTA 2021. The SOCTA, published
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Follow the Money: Members of Drug Trafficking Network Arrested for Money Laundering in Germany and Luxembourg
At the request of France, authorities in Germany and Luxembourg carried out a coordinated blow on the network which was
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Reggio Calabria: severe blow to the ‘ndrina De Maio-Brandimarte – 17 arrests
17 people arrested in Gioia Tauro (Reggio Calabria) held for mafia-type criminal association, including international drug trafficking in large quantities
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Latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of the March/April 2021 issue of Border Security Report for the latest views and news. Download at
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Dismantled in Italy the organization of mafia origin called “the Moretti Battery”
Agents of the Spanish National Police and the Italian Carabinieri Corps, in a joint operation, have dismantled a criminal organization
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EU Member States are increasingly turning to Eurojust, for assistance in investigations of serious cross-border crimes and terrorism
Judicial authorities in EU Member States are increasingly turning to Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, for
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CBP Announces February 2021 Operational Update
February marked the start of processing for migrants with active cases under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) through three ports
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New Report on Global Illicit Economy Looks at Trajectories, Impact and Future of Transnational Organised Crime
The Global Initiative’s new report ‘The global illicit economy: Trajectories of transnational organized crime’ gives a graphic illustration of how
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