New Modus Operandi: How organised crime infiltrates the ports of Europe
Europol has launched a joint analysis report with the Security Steering Committee of the ports of Antwerp, Hamburg/Bremerhaven and Rotterdam
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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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Dismantled a criminal organization that imported large quantities of drugs from abroad through Spanish ports
In a joint operation of the Spanish Civil Guard, the National Police and the Tax Agency, a criminal organization dedicated
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Over EUR 4 million seized from Italian organised crime
Supported by Eurojust, authorities in Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Switzerland carried out a coordinated action against a group suspected of
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French Customs, supported by Europol, arrest criminal gang members smuggling cigarettes from Asia to Europe
French Customs (Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects), supported by Europol, arrested two suspected members of a criminal gang
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Aborted the merger of the two most important criminal organizations in Campo de Gibraltar and Seville
Spanish Civil Guard agents, in a joint operation with the Spanish National Police, have dismantled the merger of the two
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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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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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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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Organized criminal group specializing in cigarette smuggling, dismantled by border guards
On January 22 this year, the Romanian Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime – Iaşi Territorial Service, together with
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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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Five detained for participating in organized crime group to help illegal migrants in the country
The five men were detained in the Bulgarian capital. It was established that they were members of an organized criminal group
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23 home searches in the counties of Galați, Iași and Suceava counties for the destructuring of a tobacco smuggling network
In the autumn of 2020, several people formed an organized criminal group, specializing in smuggling cigarettes from Ukraine, smuggled into
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Multiple Criminal Migrants Arrested by RGV Border Patrol Agents
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member, a Gulf Cartel (CDG) member, a
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OSCE-organized training courses further strengthen operational criminal intelligence analysis in South-Eastern Europe
The OSCE’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, in co-operation with six OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe and the Shortest Path
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Gabon authorities open first criminal intelligence analytical unit with INTERPOL support
On Friday 1 October, Seraphin Ibouanga, Director of Cabinet of the Interior Minister in Gabon, presided over the inaugural ceremony
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