Archetyp: Largest illegal trading platform for drugs taken down
An international action week led to the disruption of Archetyp, one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces for drugs, and…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council on 13 June 2025
Ministers for home affairs reached a political agreement about the temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees by a further year until…
Main results of the EU Justice Council on 12 June 2025
At their meeting in Luxembourg, EU ministers of justice agreed their positions on a directive harmonising national insolvency laws and…
Dutch-Italian cocaine trafficking route intercepted after four-year investigation
Italian and Dutch authorities worked together to disrupt a cocaine trafficking route from the Netherlands to Sardinia, Eurojust reports. Following…
Hit against drug trafficking in Spain: 50 people arrested and 4 tonnes of cocaine seized
Almost 50 suspects have been arrested in a large-scale operation supported by Europol against the largest criminal network operating in…
EU-U.S. Ministerial on Justice and Home Affairs: Joint statement
The European Union and the United States reviewed recent joint achievements and identified concrete joint actions in areas of common…
Marseille: 16 arrests in a crackdown on a network with ties to the Sinaloa cartel
Europol has supported the French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) in dismantling a criminal organisation producing and further distributing synthetic drugs…
Serbia: Organisers of large-scale drug transports to Nordic countries arrested
In an operation coordinated via Eurojust, the Serbian authorities arrested five suspects this week for organising the long-term, large-scale transport…
Drugs, security, trafficking, counterfeiting: MEPs visit ports in Antwerp and Rotterdam
This week, members of the EU Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs looked into work to strengthen…
Europol: Twelve suspects of an Irish high-risk criminal network arrested
Irish and Spanish law enforcement authorities took decisive action against one of Ireland’s high-risk criminal networks. In a coordinated series…
Europol report on the changing DNA and threats of organised crime in Europe
Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, published today, reveals how the very DNA of crime is shifting. Explore how…
Operation CABRAS: French-Spanish drug trafficking ring dismantled
Operation CABRAS, led by the French Gendarmerie under the supervision of the Specialised Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Rennes, targeted a…
Europol: 7.2 tonnes of cocaine and €6 million seized in large drug sting
The Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), supported by Europol, has dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network in an investigation involving…
Joint action in Brazil and Italy: 23 members of cocaine trafficking network arrested
A joint operation in Brazil and Italy has led to the arrest of 23 members of a cocaine trafficking network…
Drug trafficking gang tackled in Germany and Serbia: ten arrests
With support from Eurojust, German and Serbian authorities have taken down a drug trafficking network operating from the Rhine-Main area…
Albanian-led cocaine trafficking gang: Laboratory seized and ten arrests
Albanian authorities arrested ten alleged members of a drug trafficking network over the weekend in an operation supported by Eurojust.…
Crackdown on cocaine trafficking from South America in Italy and Albania
An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from South America…
Investigators dismantle criminal network manufacturing narco-boats to smuggle drugs
Spanish and Portuguese authorities have rolled up of a sophisticated drug trafficking network operating in both countries. The criminal group…
Eurojust: Drug investigators seize more than six million illegally exported pills
A criminal group that had set up an international smuggling route for prescription pills was taken down during a large-scale…
Main results of the EU Justice Council, 11 October 2024
At the EU Justice Council meeting in Luxembourg, justice ministers addressed the fight against impunity in the context of Russia's…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council on 10 October 2024
EU Ministers of home affairs met in Luxembourg to discuss how to improve the EU's return system. Also on the…
Eurojust supports operation against Albanian drug-trafficking ring in Italy: 66 arrests
A large-scale cocaine-smuggling ring was dismantled by authorities in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland, coordinated by Eurojust.
Fugitive Calabrian organized crime leader arrested in Slovenia – Eurojust
A fast and coordinated action by Italian and Slovenian authorities, supported by Eurojust, has led to the arrest of a…
Eurojust: Pan-European drug trafficking network dismantled
An operation in five countries led to the dismantling of an organised crime group (OCG) active across Europe. Investigations ongoing…
European UNDA action: Belgian Customs seize 6297 kg of cocaine
Belgian Customs took part in the European control days (UNDA) organised from 8 to 12 April 2024. 'Unda' is the…
Main results of the EU Justice Council, updated 14 June 2024
The Belgian EU presidency informed ministers about one of its political priorities, the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime,…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council, 13 June 2024
One of the key achievements was a report, issued by Europol in April 2024, mapping the most threatening criminal networks.…
EU Commissioner Johansson participates in the European conference on crime prevention
The European conference on crime prevention is a biennial event organized by the European Crime Prevention Network and funded by…
Eurojust assists with taking down of drug trafficking ring in Greece
Ten suspects were arrested in Serbia, Greece and Spain for the murders, which took place in 2020. Eurojust also supported…
Eurojust coordinates arrests in Swedish cannabis trafficking case
Eurojust has supported the Swedish and Spanish authorities in the coordinated arrest of four suspects involved in the wholesale and…
Main results of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 5 March 2024
The Belgian presidency gave an update on one of its priority issues for its 6-month term: fighting drug trafficking and…
European Ports Alliance to fight organised crime and drug trafficking
EU Commission and the Belgian EU Presidency, together with Member States, ports authorities, European associations, EU Agencies (Europol, EMCDDA) and…
Europol : 14 members of a criminal network arrested for drug trafficking
Europol facilitated the exchange of information and continuously provided the involved law enforcement authorities with analytical support. On the action…
Europol: 566 arrests in week of coordinated actions in Southern Europe
Between 13 and 18 November 2023, law enforcement authorities across Europe joined forces to target firearms trafficking, drug trafficking, migrant…
Europol: Croatian narco boss arrested in Istanbul
Europol supported an investigation involving Croatian, German, Spanish and Turkish law enforcement authorities into large-scale cocaine trafficking as part of…
Fighting organised crime and drug-trafficking: EU Commission sets out new priorities
The European Commission has adopted an EU Roadmap to step up the fight against drug trafficking and criminal networks, building on the…
EU Commissioner Johansson hosts 2nd EU-Colombia Dialogue on Drugs
The dialogue will address recent developments regarding drug related policies, enhancing cooperation on the reduction ofdrug supply, demand and harm.…
Europol: 27 arrested in Spain for laundering over €65m drug profits
Criminal network composed of Albanian and Chinese nationals was involved in the production, trafficking and laundering of criminal assets. The…
Europol: Syrian gang leader arrested with 14 other suspects in Spain
The criminal network, led by a Syrian suspect, benefited from a widespread infrastructure in the countries along the route, mainly…
Europol: Albanian drug trafficking network in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands dismantled
Eurojust and Europol have supported judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in dismantling a network…
Europol: Influential drug trafficking organisation halted in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The investigation, initiated in 2021, focused on the activities of a criminal network involved mainly in the production and trafficking…
New action against ‘Ndrangheta in Italy, Belgium and Germany
During a joint action day, thirty-one suspects were arrested and assets worth over EUR 3.8 million were seized. Over 840…
Europol: Poland and Spain take down gang hiding drugs worth millions in fruit and veg crates
The drug was hidden in lorries of fruit and vegetables.
Europol: 37 arrested in dismantling violent Balkan criminal cell
The Hague, 25 May 2023 An international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol has resulted...
Europol: Underworld ‘co-working’ space shut down in Antwerp
The Hague, 11 May 2023 Belgian and Spanish authorities bust two criminal groups trafficking drugs...
Europol: 50 arrested for drug trafficking via the African route
The Hague, 18 April 2023 Spanish authorities seize 5 tonnes of hashish and 2 tonnes...
Trafficking of doping substances: Europol action in Romania and Moldova
30 March 2023 With the support of Eurojust and Europol, the Romanian and Moldovan authorities...
EU Commissioner Johansson in Colombia and Ecuador to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking and law enforcement
Brussels, 24 February 2023 Between 26 February and 3 March, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and...
EU Commissioner Johansson visits the port of Antwerp to discuss the fight against drug trafficking
Brussels, 6 February 2023 Tomorrow, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will travel to Antwerp for an...
Europol: Successful takedown of drug trafficking network in Italy and Albania
The Hague, 26 January 2023 Eurojust and Europol have supported judicial and law enforcement authorities...