Moldovan ‘Thief in Law’ and his associates arrested in European crackdown
What connects counterfeit cigarette factories in Romania, blackmail and extortion cases in Moldova and a string of high-profile burglaries in
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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 organization that had established a bank parallel to the legal one that obtained daily profits of up to 250,000 euros
The Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Heilbronn Police Headquarters, Germany, have
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Migrant smuggling network in Moldova and Romania dismantled
Eurojust has assisted the Moldovan and Romanian authorities in dismantling an organised crime group (OCG) that was involved in migrant
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Kinahan organised crime group sanctioned by US Department of the Treasury
Ireland’s national police force, An Garda Síochána, launched the criminal justice initiative ‘cooperating at an international level in protecting communities
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Seized weapons, ammunition, drugs and liquidated warehouse of illegal anabolic agents
12 detained persons, seized weapons, ammunition, machetes, drugs, anabolics and PLN 1.2 million in cash are the result of the
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EU-funded project launched to foster operational cooperation between Europol, EU Member States and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine
Europol plays a central role among the Justice and Home Affairs agencies in fighting organised crime within and beyond the EU. While
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14 arrests for euro counterfeiting in Spain
On 1 March 2022, Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and the Spanish regional Catalan Police (Mossos d’Esquadra)
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EU POC-Mauritania project “Only together can we face the great challenges posed by international crime”
The Nouakchott ECI, in which the Spanish National Police works jointly with the Mauritanian, achieved in 2020 and 2021 the
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Eurojust supports over 10 000 cases for the first time in history
Eurojust supported 10 105 cross-border criminal investigations in 2021, reaching the highest number of cases since starting operations twenty years
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Arrest in Germany of 3 suspects involved in theft of EUR 1.5 million worth of vehicles
On 23 February, a coordinated strike between the German Police Inspectorate Emsland/Bentheim (Polizeiinspektion Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim), the German Dortmund Police (Polizei
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Final report on the work of JHA Agencies Network in 2021: Going green and digital
Frontex has just published its final report on the work of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies’ Network in
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Eighteen members of an organized crime gang were arrested, and 6 million cigarettes seized
Polish officials arrested 18 members of an organized crime group and seizured of 6 million cigarettes. The securing of two
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Spanish National Police locates one of the 12 fugitives on the list of most wanted criminals by the United Kingdom in Spain
Agents of the National Police have arrested one of the 12 fugitives added to the list of most wanted criminals
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Polish detention and liquidation of a criminal gang
In connection with illegal smuggling and trade in tobacco products, without Polish excise stamps border guards detained nine people. The
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A Colombian citizen arrested in Brunete (Madrid), leader of the Organized Crime Group “Los Pachenca”
Among the facts that are imputed to the detainee, the murder of an environmental activist in April 2020 stands out
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Spain obtains more than one million euros from Europol to fight transnational organized crime
Spain has obtained an important source of extra financing, exceeding one million euros, in support of transnational police operations aimed
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The Spanish Civil Guard detains in Valencia one of the biggest scammers with false investments in cryptocurrencies at the European level
The Spanish Civil Guard, within the framework of the “BITDROP” operation, has arrested in Valencia one of the biggest scammers
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Asia: Thousands of firearms destroyed following counter-terrorism operation
Terrorism and organized crime are invariably linked to the illicit trafficking of firearms, often across borders. A recent INTERPOL-led operation
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