Actions taken to stop Romanian human trafficking network – Eurojust
Coordinated efforts from Romanian and French authorities, with support from Eurojust and Europol, have led to the dismantling of a…
Illegal trade in fake and prohibited pesticides and fertilizers halted in Romania and Italy
An illegal trading scheme in counterfeit and banned pesticides and fertilizers that were potentially dangerous to consumers’ health has been…
Migrant smuggling: EU Council discusses stronger role of Europol
The draft regulation changes the current Europol regulation, strengthens the mandate of Europol in order to more actively support member…
Terrorist communications and propaganda: Major takedown of critical online infrastructure
Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale…
Encryption in criminal matters: 1st report by the Innovation Hub for Internal Security
The report stresses the balance that needs to be struck between securing private communications and fundamental rights, while enabling investigations…
EU versus crime conference: Europol speech by EU Commissioner Johansson
"Organised crime is not only a threat to life and security but also to democracy and society. Europol's recent mapping of…
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…
Criminal networks: Europol report identifies the most threatening groups in the EU
The analysis of 821 criminal networks has resulted in the development of an ABCD framework pinpointing their main characteristics. Europol’s…
Criminal networks: Europol presents first-ever report mapping the EU situation
As set out in the October 2023 Roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime, mapping high-risk criminal networks is…
Europol press-conference: Decoding the EU’s most threatening criminal networks
On 5 April 2024, a press conference will be held to present the findings of...
Europol: 35 arrests in coordinated raid against violent watch snatchers
On an action day executed in Naples today, the Italian National Police raided several locations and arrested 8 members of…
Europol: 9 arrested in hit against holiday-rental fraudsters
Europol supported the Romanian Police (Politia Romana) and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in an operation that led to…
Europol: Three arrested in Spain following migrant deaths at sea
A joint operation between the Spanish National Police (Polícia National) and the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil), supported by Europol,…
Europol: 42 arrested for smuggling migrants across the Danube
A cross-border investigation led by the Romanian Border Police (Poliția de Frontieră), supported by Europol and involving the Bulgarian General…
Europol: 13 victims of human trafficking safeguarded in Spain
Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna) in an operation targeting…
19 smugglers arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Law enforcement actions within Europol’s Operational Task Force lead to series of arrests and searches targeting smugglers active along the…
Europol: Almost 5 000 false identity documents seized in Greece
The Aliens Division of Attica within the Hellenic Police (Ellinikí Astynomía), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network involved in…
Europol: 57 men arrested for possessing and sharing over 100 000 depictions of child sexual abuse
Based on investigative techniques shared and acquired in an educational seminar supported by Europol, 57 men suspected of possessing and…
Tabletop exercise hosted by Europol to disrupt terrorist content online
On 7 March 2024, Europol, in cooperation with the European Commission, organised a tabletop exercise to test the revised EU…
Europol and EMCDDA spotlight drug-related violence in latest market overview
Extreme drug-related violence is putting a strain on local communities and society, and corruption is facilitating drug trafficking and undermining…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-755/21 P (Kočner v Europol)
Ruling on the dispute itself, the Court of Justice holds that the unlawful data processing in the form of the…
Data leak compensation: EU Judgment in Case C-755/21 P Kočner / Europol
Tuesday 5th March 2024 EU Judgment in Case C-755/21 P Kočner / Europol (Principles, objectives and...
Europol: 53 members of a criminal organisation arrested for sports corruption in Spain
Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in an investigation that led to the arrest of 53 suspects in…
Europol supports EPPO investigation into €195m VAT fraud scheme
On 28 February, 14 individuals believed to have orchestrated a massive EUR 195 million VAT fraud, spanning across 17 countries,…
Full-scale action: €2bn money laundering network via Lithuanian financial institution
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy, Latvia and Lithuania have taken concerted action against a large-scale money laundering business,…
Full-scale action against money laundering network via Lithuanian financial institution for over €2bn
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy, Latvia and Lithuania have taken concerted action against a large-scale money laundering business,…
The King and Queen of the Belgians visit Europol
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians have visited Europol today in The Hague, the Netherlands, where they…
Europol: Five high-value targets arrested for smuggling migrants across the English Channel
The smugglers used low quality boats, mainly originating from China, transported via Turkey to Germany. The legal purpose of these…
Europol: Ongoing action targets large migrant smuggling network
A large-scale operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust,…
Europol: Crackdown on multimillion euro VAT fraud involving car sales
Three individuals, suspected of being the ringleaders of the fraud scheme, were arrested in Germany. During the searches, carried out…
Money laundering: Investigation against Russian-Eurasian criminal network and financial institution based in Malta
National authorities in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta have carried out over 100 searches in a large-scale operation against…
LockBit: Eurojust and Europol supports global operation disrupting ransomware group
In a coordinated action supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities from 10 different countries have severely disrupted…
Europol: EU Commissioner Johansson at the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group
It's time to realise: Organised crime is as big a threat to society, as terrorism. And we have to counter this…
Europol: Properties worth €48m frozen after cocaine sweep in Ecuador and Spain
Europol initiated this cooperation with Ecuador, one of the main transit hubs for cocaine shipments to the EU. The common…
Europol: Fake medicines worth €64m off EU markets
Between April and October 2023, Europol coordinated the fourth edition of Operation SHIELD. Law enforcement, judicial, customs, medical and anti-doping…
Europol: International cybercrime Trojan malware service dismantled
On 7 February, two suspects were arrested in Malta and Nigeria in the framework of the operation. The suspects are…
Europol: €1m in assets seized in hit against ID forgers
On 7 February, Europol supported the Italian Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri) and the Malta Police Force (Pulizija) in an…
Europol supports EMPACT action week at 61 airports across 36 countries worldwide
Europol supported a Spanish-led action week targeting drug trafficking via airports, which focused on checks of passenger and cargo traffic…
Europol: 15 arrested for arranging sham marriages in Cyprus
On 29 January, Europol’s Operational Task Force (OTF) Limassol carried out an action day led by Cyprus, involving Latvia and…
Europol and Frontex forge closer cooperation
Today, Frontex and Europol took another step towards strengthening the cooperation between the two agencies. Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens…
Europol: 15 arrested in intercontinental crackdown against Nigerian crime syndicates
Nigerian criminal networks have long been renowned for trafficking in human beings and a variety of fraud, but in recent…
EMCDDA and Europol: Heroin and opioids endanger health and security in Europe
2024 EU drug markets analysis from the EMCDDA and Europol: What are the latest changes in the EU opioids market?…
Europol: Major bust of a notorious narcotics clan in Spain and Portugal
The investigation was initiated in February 2023, when law enforcement authorities gathered evidence of drug trafficking by known local narcotics…
Europol: Action against digital skimming reveals 443 compromised online merchants
Europol, law enforcement authorities from 17 countries and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) have joined forces with the…
Europol publishes IOCTA spotlight report on online fraud schemes
Spotlight report untangles the web of deceit surrounding online fraud schemes in the EU. Fraud schemes are perpetrated with the…
SIRIUS 2023 report: Navigating the new era of obtaining electronic evidence
The EU Electronic Evidence legislative package, adopted in July 2023, marks a new era in obtaining electronic evidence, as it…
Europol: Online Jihadist Propaganda – 2022 in review
The review addresses the trajectories of these groups, and how they have responded to shifting dynamics and attempted to overcome…
Europol: Violent hate crimes targeted in joint action day
Law enforcement authorities targeted 209 individuals, mainly right and left wing extremists, for their alleged involvement in serious offences related…
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: Successful police cooperation in fight against illegal timber trade
Illegal timber trade is an ominous practice that entails the clear-cutting of an area of forest equivalent to a football…