Serious and Organised Crime in the EU: A corrupting influence
Today, Europol publishes the European Union (EU) Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, the EU SOCTA 2021. The SOCTA, published
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New Dates for World Border Security Congress 2021, Athens
In view of the ongoing challenges created by the global coronavirus pandemic, and in consultation with local and international partners
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Reggio Calabria: severe blow to the ‘ndrina De Maio-Brandimarte – 17 arrests
17 people arrested in Gioia Tauro (Reggio Calabria) held for mafia-type criminal association, including international drug trafficking in large quantities
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Prison for £2m drugs gang after investigators uncover illegal firearms and ammunition
Five members of a Polish organised crime group have been jailed for the importation and supply of nearly £1million worth
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Dismantled in Italy the organization of mafia origin called “the Moretti Battery”
Agents of the Spanish National Police and the Italian Carabinieri Corps, in a joint operation, have dismantled a criminal organization
Read MoreMembers of an organized criminal group dealing with illegal trade in tobacco products and alcohol were detained
Officers from the facility in Hrebenne, acting on the order of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Zamość, arrested seven members
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Small boats people smuggling gang dismantled in joint Anglo-French operation
An Afghan criminal gang suspected of planning to smuggle migrants to the UK in small boats has been dismantled, following
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Expats unwittingly recruited as drug mules for organised crime
The Australian Federal Police is warning the community, particularly members of the Iranian community, over the dangers of unsolicited job
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12 arrests in Germany and Poland and tax loss for Polish authorities estimated at €17.8 million
The Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne) and German Tax Office for Prosecution and Criminal Matters in Berlin (Finanzamt
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Report on environmental cross border crime stresses need for further cooperation
With environmental crime expanding rapidly on a global scale, Eurojust has presented a new report on its casework in this
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Officers from Poland’s Border Guard detained members of an organized criminal group that dealt with the purchase, transport, manufacture and storage of cigarettes and raw tobacco
The members of the group imported tobacco from the Czech Republic and southern Poland, transported it to the West Pomeranian
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Dismantled a Chinese mafia dedicated to international drug trafficking and money laundering through parcel companies
38 people have been arrested and a total of 30 searches have been carried out in the provinces of Madrid,
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Meth importation plans up in smoke! Australian Police interdict 81 kilos of Meth found hidden in meat smokers flown in from Cape Town
Five members of an alleged transnational criminal syndicate operating in Melbourne have been charged following the seizure of 81 kilograms
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Four suspected members of an Albanian organised crime group have been charged
Four suspected members of an Albanian organised crime group have been charged with money laundering and drug supply offences after £340,000 in
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MS-13’s highest-ranking leaders charged with terrorism offenses in US
On January 14th an indictment was unsealed in Central Islip, New York charging 14 of the world’s highest-ranking MS-13 leaders
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Forestry crime: targeting the most lucrative of environmental crimes
Worth almost USD 152 billion a year, the illegal timber industry accounts for up to 90% of tropical deforestation in
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International action on a billion-dollar criminal organization
An extensive Transdanubian criminal organization specializing in carousel fraud has recently been liquidated by the National Tax and Customs Office
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INTERPOL warns of organized crime threat to COVID-19 vaccines
INTERPOL has issued a global alert to law enforcement across its 194 member countries warning them to prepare for organized
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