Eurojust/Europol: Ransomware group dismantled in Ukraine in a major international operation
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from seven different countries have joined forces in an action against a criminal network responsible…
Europol Taskforce rescues three sexually abused children
Three children have been identified and safeguarded as a result of the 13th edition of Europol’s Victim Identification Taskforce (VIDTF).…
Europol: Croatian narco boss arrested in Istanbul
Europol supported an investigation involving Croatian, German, Spanish and Turkish law enforcement authorities into large-scale cocaine trafficking as part of…
EU police cooperation: EU lawmakers agree on more efficient data exchanges
EU Parliament and the Council negotiators have reached a deal political agreement on updating the framework for fingerprint, DNA and…
Europol/Western Balkans: 39 suspects identified in major online child abuse operation
Operation MOZAIK 2023 was led by the Slovenian National Police and coordinated by Europol in the framework of the European…
Europol and ENFAST reveal updated 2023 EU Most Wanted list
The European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams (ENFAST), supported by Europol, is launching the 2023 EU Most Wanted campaign to seek…
Europol: Investigators deal massive blow to ATM robbers
A joint operation by Dutch and German law enforcement has led to the arrest of eight persons responsible for several…
EMCDDA and Europol publish 2023 EU Drug Markets Analysis
Cannabis products are becoming increasingly potent and diverse, while collaboration between criminal groups is creating new security risks in Europe.…
Europol and Eurojust support disruption of multi-million euro voice-phishing gang
Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have…
Europol: Eleven arrested for smuggling migrants from Greece to Northern Europe
A Greek-Belgian investigation supported by Europol and Eurojust has led to the dismantling of a criminal network that smuggled migrants…
Five right-wing terrorists arrested throughout Europe
The suspects allegedly belong to a right-wing organisation that uses an online platform for terrorist-related activities, including the dissemination of…
Online fraud with cryptocurrencies: Eurojust and Europol actions across Europe
At the request of the Swiss authorities, Eurojust has coordinated several actions against an online fraud network in EU Member…
Europol: Operation Mobile 6 puts the brakes on car thieves
Operation Mobile 6 took place in October 2023 at the EU’s external land borders, as well as border locations in…
Europol: 78 arrested in Spain and Italy for large-scale cannabis trafficking
Europol supported the Italian Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) and Spanish Regional Catalan Police (Mossos d’Esquadra) in dismantling a large…
Amphetamine: EU production analysis raises environmental concerns
Amphetamine is the most common synthetic stimulant available in Europe, constituting a large and stable market worth a minimum of EUR…
Targeted: Human traffickers luring victims online
The Netherlands, supported by Europol, coordinated a three-day long operational action targeting online criminal activities that enable human trafficking. The…
Europol and TikTok collaborate to bolster efforts against terrorist content
On 28 September, a large-scale voluntary Referral Action Day between TikTok, Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) and 11 countries…
Europol joins team investigating international crimes in Ukraine
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, Europol, has become a participant in the joint investigation team (JIT) on…
Europol dismantles migrant smuggling cell in Bulgaria
On 4 October, Europol supported Bulgarian authorities in dismantling a migrant smuggling group active at the periphery of the so-called…
Innovation: Netherlands, France, and Estonia secure 2023 Europol Excellence Awards
In the third edition of these prestigious awards, the Dutch Police, the French National Gendarmerie and the Estonian Police were…
Europol: Operations co-funded by the EU lead to 197 arrests in Spain
Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in 29 investigations, co-funded by EU financial mechanism. The operations, in…
Europol: 27 arrested in Spain for laundering over €65m drug profits
Criminal network composed of Albanian and Chinese nationals was involved in the production, trafficking and laundering of criminal assets. The…
Europol: International operation closes down Piilopuoti dark web marketplace
This successful action by the Finnish Customs was supported, among others, by the German Federal Criminal Office (Bundeskriminalamt) and the…
French National Police arrest 13 intercontinental car traffickers
Europol participated in two operational meetings, contributing analytical findings related to the main suspects in the investigation and information on…
MEPs examine the current work and future plans of Europol
This week, the latest meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on Europol brings together MEPs, Europol officials and…
Europol: IOCTA spotlight report on malware-based cyber-attacks published
Following the Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023, today Europol published the spotlight report “Cyber Attacks: The Apex of Crime-as-a-Service”. It examines…
Europol: New report shines light on multi-billion € underground criminal economy
The report is based on a combination of operational insights and strategic intelligence contributed to Europol by EU Member States…
Balkan cartel sinks as Spain seizes 2.7t of cocaine on board large vessel
Europol supported the dismantling of a large-drug trafficking organisation, investigated under the Europol coordinated Operational Taskforce Balkan Cartel. The Serbia-led…
Europol: Qakbot infrastructure shattered after international operation
Europol has supported the coordination of a large-scale international operation that has taken down the infrastructure of the Qakbot malware…
Europol: 700kg of cocaine caught en route to the Canary Islands
Europol has supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) in dismantling a criminal organisation smuggling large quantities of cocaine from…
Europol: 5 arrested in Poland for running hosting service for cybercrime gangs
This week, the Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości) under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in…
Eurojust supports Romania and UK in action against human traffickers
Eurojust and Europol have supported authorities in Romania and the United Kingdom (UK) in an operation against the trafficking of…
Europol: Seven members of sexual exploitation ring arrested
Law enforcement from Romania and the United Kingdom have arrested seven members of an organised crime group responsible for human…
Europol: Odds were against 17 football match fixers
In an operation supported by Europol, officers of the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) have arrested 17 members of an…
Europol: 62 transcontinental migrant smugglers arrested
Law enforcement from five countries have disrupted an intercontinental criminal network smuggling migrants from Cuba to the European Union. The…
Europol: Alleged drug baron coordinating drug production in Europe is arrested in Colombia
The suspect, a Colombian national, is believed to have been coordinated cocaine and methamphetamine production in the Netherlands for Mexican…
Europol: End of the road for 6 suspects smuggling migrants in rental cars
A total of 6 suspects have been arrested, and searches conducted at 12 houses and 6 hostels, following action involving 110…
Europol: 27 food fraudsters arrested in Lithuania and Italy
A two-part investigation across several EU Member States has unveiled a criminal network who operate by reintroducing expired food into…
Europol: Criminal networks in migrant smuggling
Migrant smuggling continues to pose a challenge for police forces across the European Union. The criminal networks involved are complex…
Europol: Portuguese authorities seize cocaine hidden in acai shipment, 24 arrested
An international law enforcement operation supported by Europol has led to the dismantling of a Brazilian cartel flooding Europe with…
Europol: 21 arrested for labour exploitation and 261 victims identified
Between 10 and 17 June 2023 Europol coordinated EMPACT Joint Action Days (JADs) targeting human trafficking for labour exploitation purposes.…
Europol: Syrian gang leader arrested with 14 other suspects in Spain
The criminal network, led by a Syrian suspect, benefited from a widespread infrastructure in the countries along the route, mainly…
Europol: 6.5 tonnes of cocaine found hidden between bananas in Colombia and Spain
Europol supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) to dismantle a criminal network involved in the multi-tonne trafficking of cocaine…
Europol: Police unplug international phone scam network
Law enforcement from Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom, supported by Europol, have tracked down and arrested the head of…
Another European blow against the ‘Ndrangheta criminal organisation: 34 arrests
Eurojust and Europol have supported the competent authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria in a new operation against the ‘Ndrangheta…
Europol: Law enforcement casts net over 256 eel smugglers
A joint operation coordinated by Europol, involving law enforcement authorities across the globe, has dealt yet another major blow to…
Europol: 43 members of Italian organised crime arrested
43 members of the criminal network ‘Ndrangheta were arrested in the early hours of 27 June in a joint operation…
Europol: Albanian drug trafficking network in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands dismantled
Eurojust and Europol have supported judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in dismantling a network…
Europol: Influential drug trafficking organisation halted in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The investigation, initiated in 2021, focused on the activities of a criminal network involved mainly in the production and trafficking…
EU Court of Justice: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-755/21 P | Kočner v Europol
Advocate General Rantos: Europol and a Member State in which damage occurred in relation to unlawful data processing can be…