Eurojust supports large-scale anti-mafia operation leading to arrest and freezing of EUR 50 million
An investigation lasting over two years has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo.
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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’.
15 arrested in crackdown on high-profile Albanian criminal network
The Albanian authorities, in cooperation with Europol and Belgian, Dutch and French law enforcement, have successfully concluded a major operation,
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US CBP Announces Expanded Operations Targeting Transnational Criminal Organizations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently provided an update on its ongoing enforcement efforts against Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
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South American Police Chiefs commit to increased use of INTERPOL
South American Police Chiefs have committed to increased use of INTERPOL to address the growing national security threat posed by
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UK Launches New Border Security Command
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps to establishing a new UK Border Security Command (BSC). This
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Polish Border Guard officers tackle an organized criminal group
Officers from the Border Guard Station in Radom dismantled an organized criminal group specializing in organizing the illegal crossing of
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17 arrested in Italy after Turkish criminal organisation involved in homicides is dismantled
Europol today supported an action day in Italy to successfully dismantle a Turkish criminal organisation involved in multiple homicides across
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Organised crime group financed terrorists by organising the transfer of people, earning almost $600 million
A 33-year-old Syrian, founder and member of an international organized crime group, wanted on a European Arrest Warrant, was detained
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Your latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR Please find here your downloadable copy of the March/April 2024 issue
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Major blow to Albanian drug trafficking network: 59 arrests across Europe
Italian and Albanian authorities have taken decisive action against a major drug trafficking network operating from both countries. With the
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21 defendants detained in the case of the organized criminal group that specialized in migrant trafficking on the western border
Border police officers together with the police officers of the Arad Organized Crime Service carried out 35 home searches on
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15 arrested in intercontinental crackdown against Nigerian crime syndicates
Between 7 and 9 December 2023, Europol coordinated a massive international operation targeting Nigerian criminal networks active in the EU
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Sting operation leads to Brazil arrest of one of South America’s most wanted fugitives
Diego Nicolás Marset Alba, a reputed drug kingpin and brother to the leader of the “Primer Cartel Uruguayo” cartel, was
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Major bust of a notorious narcotics clan in Spain and Portugal
Europol has supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and the Portuguese Judicial Police (Policia Judiciaria) in a hit against
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Europol warning on the criminal use of Bluetooth trackers for geolocalisation
For the past several years, Europol has been observing a growing crime phenomenon: the use of Bluetooth trackers in organised
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An organized group of people smugglers was busted
Officers from the Polish Bug River Branch of the Border Guard defeated an international, organized criminal group involved in smuggling
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Eurojust and Nigerian judicial authorities sign Working Arrangement to boost cooperation against organised crime
Eurojust and the Attorney General of Nigeria, Mr Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, signed on 9 November a Working Arrangement to enable structured
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INTERPOL calls for a common security agenda for a safer Africa
Addressing the growth in transnational organized crime and increasing terrorism, police representatives from across Africa are attending INTERPOL’s 26th African
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