£15 million of cocaine seized by Border Force at London Gateway
Cocaine worth more than £15 million has been seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway after it was found
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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’.
Operation Opson IX Takes 320 Tonnes of Dangerous Dairy Products Off Market
Europol and INTERPOL coordinated operation OPSON 2020 which targeted trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages. The ninth operation
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Six fugitives arrested in I-CAN global anti-mafia operation
Coordination through the INTERPOL Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta (I-CAN) project – an INTERPOL and Italian initiative – has seen law enforcement
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OSCE seminar explores role of suspicious transaction analysis and financial investigation in combating money laundering and related crimes in Turkmenistan
Sharing advanced experience in the analysis of suspicious transactions reports (STR) and further financial investigation is the objective of an
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The European Union has provided front-line document inspection equipment to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to support the Georgian government in combating irregular migration and cross-border crime
At an event at Tbilisi Airport, the EU and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) donated 60 pieces of advanced
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OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada
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The Spanish National Police directs coordinates Operation MINERVA’20 together with FRONTEX in the ports of Algeciras, Ceuta and Tarifa
The joint operation MINERVA 2020, led by the Spanish National Police and coordinated by the FRONTEX Agency, began last week
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EUROPOL and EC Lead New Project to Target Organised Crime in Eastern EU
A new Europol-led project, funded by the European Commission will focus on strengthening the capacity of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
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Further members of the organised criminal group were detained
Officers from the Nadodrzański Branch of the Border Guard and the Central Investigation Bureau of the Police, under the supervision
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German Federal police and Europol dig counterfeit ring – arrests and searches in Berlin, Essen, Stralsund and Athens
German Federal Police searched residential and business premises in four federal states on suspicion of forging documents. One of the
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International drug trafficking network dismantled with Eurojust support
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Romania, with Eurojust support and the cooperation and assistance of national authorities from several
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United States and Paraguay Sign Updated Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
The United States and Paraguay concluded updating a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on Monday, replacing the prior 2002 U.S.-Paraguay CMAA. U.S.
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Europol and European Commission lead new project to target organised crime in EU Eastern Neighbourhood
A new Europol-led project, funded by the European Commission will focus on strengthening the capacity of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
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Operation Qanoon seizes illicit medical products worth more than USD 14 million across MENA
Nearly 20 million illicit pharmaceutical items were taken off the market in a regional operation coordinated by INTERPOL across the
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Charter flights remove New Zealand criminals from Australia
A total of 31 New Zealand citizens have been removed from Australia on two charter flights, after their visas were
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Organized crime groups are infiltrating the legal economy following COVID-19 crisis, says latest UNODC Research Brief
The health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about severe human and economic damage across the world. Governments
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Large-scale document forgery case cracked in Germany and Greece
The German Federal Police in Halle (Bundespolizei Halle) and the Hellenic Police (Hellenic Police, Ελληνική Αστυνομία) supported by Europol carried
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Frontex launches its second operation outside the EU
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is launching an operation in Montenegro, its second outside the European Union.
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