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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Today, Europol publishes the European Union (EU) Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, the EU SOCTA 2021. The SOCTA, published by Europol every four years, presents a detailed analysis of the threat of serious and organised crime facing the EU. The SOCTA is a forward-looking assessment that identifies shifts in the serious and organised crime landscape.
Europol supported the Italian Postal and Communication Police (Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni) in arresting an Italian national suspected of hiring a hitman on the dark web. The hitman, hired through an internet assassination website hosted on the TOR network, was payed about €10 000 worth in Bitcoins to kill the ex-girlfriend of the suspect.
The family-based criminal group was forcing its victims to prostitute themselves on the streets of Girona in Spain
On 9 March, Europol supported the Spanish...
The application, available on several websites and platforms, was streaming videos and TV channels
Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) to dismantle a...
The criminal network defrauded Dutch tax authorities of an estimated €9 million
On 10 February 2021, the investigation service of the Dutch tax authorities -FIOD...
On 10 February, the Criminal Asset Bureau of the Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) took action against a criminal gang suspected of large-scale...
Seven suspects linked to an international criminal network trafficking drugs arrested in Poland
The Polish Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Policja) arrested seven suspects allegedly...