Belgian and French police break up European drug network feeding Italy and Spain
The traffickers prepared vehicles fitted with concealed compartments, which allowed them to hide the drugs.
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Illicit tobacco trade surges across Europe as high taxes feed black markets
Countries with the highest taxes and strictest regulations are suffering the most severe black-market problems.
Alleged top criminal in Sweden-based Foxtrot gang arrested in Tunisia
The suspect has been identified by Swedish media as Mohamed “Moewgli” Mohdhi.
Sweden plans electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of gang recruitment
Criminal gangs in Sweden have increasingly recruited children and teenagers to carry out murders and other violent acts.
Twelve arrests in raid on suspected international drug-trafficking ring
Europol supported police authorities in Montenegro and Germany in an operation targeting an alleged Balkan drugs cartel.
From weed to weapons: Europol ends ‘joint’ operation
Europol has coordinated a major cross-border effort, which led to the arrest of senior members of a Turkish criminal group suspected of trafficking firearms from…
French masonic lodge at heart of murky murder trial
Twenty-two people went on trial in France on Monday on charges of murder and other serious crimes centred on members of a Masonic lodge accused of running hit squads.
Illicit cigarette trade starting to resemble drug trade, with weapons and turf wars
Europe’s booming illicit tobacco trade, with nearly half of all cigarettes sold in several countries now coming from illegal sources, is deeply intertwined with…
Europol-led global criminal raid unearths €10m cash and 127,000 tonnes of waste
A major international police operation has dealt a significant blow to criminal groups profiting from environmental crime, seizing vast quantities of illegal waste…
Major police operation targets France’s ‘DZ Mafia’ drugs gang
French authorities have launched what officials describe as the largest operation ever carried out against the criminal group known as the DZ Mafia, as part of an…
‘Belgium is becoming a narcostate’, another top magistrate warns
Belgium faces a grave threat from international drug crime that could destabilise society and transform the country into a "narco-state", according to warnings from…
Sweden ponders jail for 13-year-olds after explosion in gang violence
Sweden's justice minister Gunnar Strömmer said the government is pressing ahead with plans to allow 13-year-olds to be sentenced to prison for the most serious…
Four more arrested over €88m Louvre jewellery heist
French authorities arrested four more people in the probe into October's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the top Paris prosecutor…
Eight Albanian suspects arrested over alleged plot to kill Brussels prosecutor
In a series of co-ordinated dawn raids across Brussels and Leuven this morning, Belgian federal police arrested eight men suspected of plotting an attack against…
Antwerp cocaine seizures show deep European port vulnerabilities, study finds
A seizure of more than 73kg of cocaine in Antwerp has highlighed structural weaknesses in European seaports exploited by criminal groups, a European Union-funded…
Italian police roll up massive illegal tobacco factory
In a significant blow to organised crime and illicit trade, Italy's financial police has uncovered one of Europe’s largest illegal cigarette production plants.
France is becoming the Sinaloa drug cartel’s ‘new Mexico’
Last month saw police raids in France and Belgium meant to crack down on Europe’s vast illegal drug problem.
‘Priceless Dacian art heist ordered by Romanian criminal’
According to several sources in the Netherlands, the theft of the priceless Golden Helmet of Coțofenești and three golden bracelets — irreplaceable Romanian…
Report alleges Swedish care sector infiltrated by organised crime operators
A joint report by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the National Police Operations Department (NOA) has exposed alleged connections between organised crime…
Chinese ‘Triad couple’ shot dead in Rome amid suspected mafia gang feud
A suspected Chinese Triad member and his girlfriend have been killed in Rome, marking what investigators said they believed was the first professional hit on Chinese…
German judiciary ‘ignored prosecutor’s alleged drug-mafia co-operation’
The public prosecutor’s office in Hanover stands accused of ignoring indications that one of its employees, a State prosecutor named as "Yashar G" by German media,…
Europol: ‘EU crime groups increasingly working with Russia’
Organised crime groups in the European Union have been increasingly working with Russia to attack critical infrastructure and public institutions in the bloc, according…
France in crackdown on Corsica mafia
France’s Justice Minister, Gérald Darmanin, has announced a crackdown on mafia networks operating in Corsica, marking a major shift in the French state policy.
EPPO indicts suspected ‘€297m VAT fraud’ ring-leader
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has filed an indictment in Latvia against the suspected ringleader of the latest large-scale alleged VAT fraud scheme…
Swiss Attorney General warns of spiralling crime ‘like in Belgium or Sweden’
Swiss Federal Prosecutor Stefan Blättler has called for decisive action against gang crime in his country, citing what he called conditions in Belgium and Sweden,…
Gang-linked gangster rapper Gaboro shot dead in Sweden in ‘filmed attack’
The popular gangster rapper Gaboro has been shot dead in the Swedish city of Norrköping.
Greek police crack down on Turkish criminal gangs amid rising violence
Greek authorities have detained 16 individuals and confiscated weapons and drugs as part of a targeted operation to dismantle Turkish criminal groups operating within…