Five hotel workers from northern France have been arrested on suspicion of helping an Albanian people smuggling gang traffic migrants into the UK. The hotel managers are accused of allowing... read more →
Law enforcement agencies in 19 countries have carried out a three-day crackdown on arms trafficking. Conducted with support from Europol and EU border control agency Frontex, police forces involved in... read more →
The Romanian government has ditched an emergency decree that campaigners said would have decimalised a number of corruption offences and allowed scores of allegedly crooked politicians to escape prosecution for... read more →
Hundreds of thousands of Romanians last night took to the streets to protest against a government decree they say will water down anti-corruption laws and allow politicians to commit crime... read more →
More than 20 Bulgarian customs officials have been arrested in a crackdown on corruption. The officers were held in the coastal city of Varnaa during a special operation conducted by... read more →
The Albanian government has dismissed its national police chief as it faces increasing pressure from the international community to tackle the growing cannabis trade in the country. Albania has become... read more →
A new anti-corruption party was launched in Bulgaria over the weekend ahead of early elections called following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Named Yes Bulgaria, the party has... read more →
Police in Turkey yesterday freed six Pakistani nationals who were reportedly being held hostage by a people trafficking gang in Istanbul. The six captives - named as Fazal Amin, Adil... read more →
Albania's Central Election Commission (CEC) has removed two MPs and one mayor after they were found to have concealed past criminal convictions abroad. Seven members of the commission voted unanimously... read more →
Police in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana have arrested two men on suspicion of selling weapons and explosives on the dark web to customers across the EU. The alleged 39-year... read more →