Polish Border Guards have broken up an international criminal group
Officers from the Vistula Border Guard Unit liquidated an international, organized criminal group dealing with the illegal production, distribution and
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organised crime
A criminal group dedicated to the torture, kidnapping and settling of members of rival gangs disbanded in the Netherlands
In the operation, six people have been arrested in the Netherlands and seven soundproofed cargo transport containers have been located
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New EU Security Union Strategy: connecting the dots in a new security ecosystem includes steps to strengthen border security legislation with better use of existing databases, and an agenda for tackling organised crime, including human trafficking, drugs and firearms
Today, the European Commission sets out a new EU Security Union Strategy for the period 2020 to 2025, focusing on priority areas
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Another criminal group is broken
The indictment against 10 members of an organized criminal group dealing in smuggling of tobacco products ends the investigation conducted
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OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada
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Further members of the organised criminal group were detained
Officers from the Nadodrzański Branch of the Border Guard and the Central Investigation Bureau of the Police, under the supervision
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International drug trafficking network dismantled with Eurojust support
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Romania, with Eurojust support and the cooperation and assistance of national authorities from several
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Europol and European Commission lead new project to target organised crime in EU Eastern Neighbourhood
A new Europol-led project, funded by the European Commission will focus on strengthening the capacity of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
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Organized crime groups are infiltrating the legal economy following COVID-19 crisis, says latest UNODC Research Brief
The health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about severe human and economic damage across the world. Governments
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Criminals are infiltrating Africa’s booming mobile money industry
The fast growing sector has been linked to human trafficking, money laundering and the global drug trade, among other crimes.
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International VAT-fraud with sale of sugar and cooking oil in Hungary unravelled
In an operation in Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol, Hungarian
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2.5 tonnes of waste trafficked from the Canary Islands to Africa
700 kg of electrical waste and electronic equipment was among the waste seized by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil)
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On global anti-drug trafficking day INTERPOL and WCO highlight the pandemic’s multiplying effect on illicit activities
INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have reaffirmed their commitment to aligning police and customs efforts in the fight
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A triangle of vulnerability – Changing patterns of illicit trafficking off the Swahili coast
A triangle of vulnerability for illicit trafficking is emerging as a key geographic space along Africa’s eastern seaboard – the
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Criminal group in Paris was distributing forged, stolen and lost EU documents to irregular migrants across Europe
The French Border Police (Police Aux Frontières) within the French National Police (Police Nationale), supported by Europol, dismantled a large
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