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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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Three arrested in Spain for encouraging terrorist attacks against France and its interests abroad

In the early hours of 27 April, officers of the Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional) with the support of Europol swooped on the members...

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 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.

Dark web hitman identified through crypto-analysis

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.

Lured into street prostitution: 19 arrests in latest hit against human traffickers

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...

Illegal mobile application with more than 100 million users taken down in Spain

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...

International scam with memory cards uncovered in the Netherlands, VAT fraud

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...

Irish family-based gang targeted in probe into €4 million laundering

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...

Successful hit against drug trafficking in the EU

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...
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