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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organised crime
Eurojust assists Romania and UK in dismantling human trafficking network
With support from Eurojust, authorities in Romania and the United Kingdom have taken action against an organised crime group (OCG)
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A network that would have defrauded more than 34 million euros of taxes falls
The Spanish Civil Guard, together with Poland’s PCBI agency (Polish Central Bureau of Investigation), has arrested seven people of Polish
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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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Smuggling for over one million levs was discovered during a large-scale operation conducted on the territory of Sliven
During searches at 12 addresses in the city of Sliven and the surrounding area were found and seized sums of
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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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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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The Spanish Civil Guard dismantles a criminal organization dedicated to transporting drugs to France
The Spanish Civil Guard, within the framework of the “KIME” operation, carried out in Gandía (Valencia), has arrested 11 people,
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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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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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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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