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288 dark web vendors arrested in major marketplace seizure

288 dark web vendors arrested in major marketplace seizure

Dark web, law enforcement on three continents seize EUR 50.8 million in cash and virtual currencies, 850 kg of drugs and 117 firearms
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12 online fraudsters arrested in global operation against counterfeiters

Operation In Our Sites also led to the seizure of €2.6 million worth of counterfeit goods and half a million euro in cash From 1...
Polish Border Guard arrest 16 after discovery of illegal cigarette factory

Polish Border Guard arrest 16 after discovery of illegal cigarette factory

Europol has assisted the Polish authorities in dismantling an organised crime group involved in the production of illegal cigarettes. An action day was organised in...
Good catch in joint actions targeting illegal fishing

Good catch in joint actions targeting illegal fishing

More than 11 tonnes of fish, molluscs and crustaceans were seized during the operation The Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana led an EMPACT Joint Action Day...
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Spain and Serbia dismantle Serbian marijuana trafficking network

Spanish and Serbian authorities have dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network through a joint investigation team (JIT). In both countries, 43 members of a...
Jihadist content targeted on Internet Archive platform

Jihadist content targeted on Internet Archive platform

A Referral Action Day (RAD) targeting online jihadist propaganda took place on 14 July 2021. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at...
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Eighteen arrested in Spain in a sting against migrant smugglers operating...

The criminal networks facilitated the illegal entry of more than 400 Albanian nationals to the United Kingdom and the United States An investigation led by...
€14.2 million seized from cross-border VAT fraudsters in Hungary

€14.2 million seized from cross-border VAT fraudsters in Hungary

The Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA), supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group involved in cross-border VAT fraud (missing trader intra-community...
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Europol: Six children victim of sexual abuse removed from harm

Six victims of child abuse have been identified and removed from harm as a result of the 9th Victim Identification Taskforce organised by Europol’s...

Europol supports the French Gendarmerie in taking down Ivorian network behind scam in excess of €13 million

A year-long investigation led by the French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale – Section de Recherches d’Agen), under the authority of the investigating Magistrate at...

Six arrested for siphoning €12 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment payments from France

Close to €2 million worth in cash was seized and over €6 million on bank accounts recovered as result of this coordinated action On 16...

Europol: Terrorists attempted to take advantage of the pandemic

Terrorists attempted to take advantage of the pandemic, says Europol’s new EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2021 Terrorists use any opportunity to erode democratic...

Hit against euro counterfeiters linked to the Camorra

On 20 May 2021, Europol supported the German Regional Criminal Police of Nordrhein-Westfalen (Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the Italian Finance Corps (Guardia di Finanza) of...

Europol helps Spanish authorities break up a €26.5 million VAT fraud scheme

An international law enforcement operation involving 5 countries with the support of Europol and Eurojust has resulted in the arrest of 22 suspects belonging to an organised crime group which has caused over €26.5 million in tax loss to the Spanish state budget.

Spanish and UK police forces recover €6 million in two-year long Ponzi scheme investigation

Hundreds of victims of a €15 million Ponzi scheme may soon recover up to 40% of their losses as a result of an international law enforcement effort to recover the ill-gotten funds. The cooperation between the Spanish regional Catalan Police (Mossos d’Esquadra) and the UK West Yorkshire Police, facilitated by Europol, has made it possible for the Spanish authorities to recover over €6 million in the framework of an investigation into a Ponzi scheme exceeding €15 million with over 200 victims.

Over 56 400 cultural goods seized and 67 arrests in action involving 31 countries

Despite constraints imposed by the COVID-19, the 2020 edition of the Pandora operation targeting the illicit trafficking of cultural goods has been the most...

New action at EU level against ‘Ndrangheta in Italy and Germany

In a new major operation against international drug trafficking and money laundering, Eurojust and Europol have supported the competent Italian and German authorities with...

4 arrested in takedown of dark web child abuse platform with some half a million users

Four have been arrested in a multi-agency operation sparked by a German investigation into one of Europe’s most prolific child sexual abuse platforms on...
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