International cigarette trafficking ring dismantled: Fifteen arrests
Eurojust, Europol and authorities from 10 countries stopped a criminal group operating an intricate cigarette trafficking scheme. Fifteen suspects were…
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.…
Supplier of small boats to migrant smugglers arrested – Eurojust
Dutch, Belgian and UK authorities worked together with Eurojust and Europol to arrest an individual suspected of supplying engines and…
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…
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…
Anti-mafia operation: Four arrests and nine companies seized in Italy, Brazil, and Hong Kong
Investigations into the criminal organisation uncovered an elaborate scheme that was laundering money from Italy to Brazil, through several companies.…
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.
Fighting organised crime: European prosecutors join forces in new EJOCN network
European prosecutors step up their fight against organised crime with the launch of the European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN),…
Encrypted platform used by organised crime: 51 arrests in wide-scale operation
During a global operation, authorities from around the globe took down an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities such…
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…
Large-scale anti-mafia operation leads to arrest and freezing of €50m – Eurojust
A two-year investigation has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo. The total value…
Financial scammers detained in actions coordinated by Eurojust
Romanian and Moldovan authorities worked together to uncover an organised crime group (OCG) that has subjected more than 150 victims…
Robbing ATMs in Germany: Sentences of over five years for Dutch criminals
The Regional Court of Bamberg, Germany, has sentenced fifteen members of a Dutch led organised crime group (OCG) that robbed…
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…
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…
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.…
Authorities dismantle a €113m fraudulent investment scheme – Eurojust
A fraudulent pyramid scheme was taken down by authorities from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Lithuania and Liechtenstein, with the support…
Migrant smuggling operation taken down by Romanian and Moldovan authorities
A migrant smuggling operation has been dismantled by Romanian and Moldovan authorities, with the support of Eurojust. From 2019 until…
Joint investigation Team dismantles Pakistani-led migrant smuggling network
In total, 12 suspects have been formally identified and will be charged during an action day with the active support…
Organised crime: EU Council endorses EU law on asset recovery and confiscation
The directive will better equip member states in their fight against organised crime and the associated illegal profits. It will…
Eurojust: Five criminals behind social benefit fraud convicted in UK
Five Bulgarian members of an organised crime group responsible for the largest-ever fraud against the United Kingdom benefit system pleaded…
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…
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…
Main resultsof the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 4 March 2024
The fight against drug trafficking and organised crime – a priority of the Belgian presidency – was a key issue…
Sweden concludes agreement with France on fighting organised crime
Sweden and France have for long cooperated closely against organised crime. In addition to joint operations within Europol and Interpol,…
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…
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…
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…
Online investment fraud: Eurojust crackdown on criminal network
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Sweden have carried out a coordinated action against an organised…
Europol and Eurojust support disruption of multi-million euro voice-phishing gang
Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have…
Sweden: Inquiry proposes new act on anonymous witness testimony
The Inquiry on anonymous witness testimony has presented its interim report to Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer. In its report,…
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…
Another European blow against the ‘Ndrangheta criminal organisation: 34 arrests
Eurojust and Europol have supported the competent authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria in a new operation against the ‘Ndrangheta…
Europol: 43 members of Italian organised crime arrested
43 members of the criminal network ‘Ndrangheta were arrested in the early hours of 27 June in a joint operation…
France/Netherlands: Criminal EncroChat communication dismantled, over 6500 arrests and close to €900m seized
The dismantling of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat, widely used by organised crime groups (OCGs), has so far led to 6…
Eurojust helps dismantle network that smuggled hundreds of migrants to Germany
7 June 2023|PRESS RELEASE Eurojust and Europol have assisted judicial and law enforcement authorities in...
33 arrests in action against globally active money laundering network
31 May 2023 Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy and Spain have carried out...
Large-scale food fraud and tax evasion: Crackdown on a Lithuanian criminal network
Supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities in Lithuania, Estonia, France and Germany have dismantled a Lithuanian…
Europol: 132 ‘Ndrangheta mafia members arrested during an action day executed by 10 countries
The Hague, 3 May 2023 European police and judicial authorities execute largest-ever coordinated hit against...
Online press conferences on major action against organised crime
The Hague, 3 May 2023 Dear media representatives, A major joint action against organised crime...
Dismantling human trafficking network: Eurojust assists Czechia and Finland
25 April 2023 Supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities in the...
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 Stockholm to attend the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol
Brussels, 24 March 2023 On Monday 27 March, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will attend...
Eurojust supports operation against cryptocurrency fraud in Romania and Moldova
The Hague, 2 March 2023 Eurojust has assisted the Romanian and Moldovan authorities with dismantling...
New strike against encrypted criminal communications: Exclu dismantled
6 February 2023 Judicial and law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands and Germany have dealt...
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...
EU Presidency: First informal ministerial meeting in Sweden
Stockholm, 25 January 2023 On 26–27 January, Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer and Minister for...