Police in Serbia have detained 30 suspects, including the leader of a football fan club, on suspicion of producing and trafficking huge quantities of drugs worth $20 million (€17.92 million),... read more →
Controversial Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has resigned after more than 25 years in power after his party posted disappointing results in this month’s parliamentary elections. Djukanovic, who was... read more →
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has revealed that 2016 has become the deadliest year on record for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time as smugglers... read more →
A group of MEPs has called on the European Commission to pass legislation that will give EU member states the powers they need to effectively fight corruption and organized criminality.... read more →
State prosecutors in Kosovo have pressed charges against an “organised criminal group” of Albanians and Serbs accused of fraud, money laundering, abuse of power, tax evasion and bribery. The group... read more →
Customs officers in the Republic of Ireland have found a “torpedo” containing cocaine worth an estimated €5 million on a popular tourist beach. A member of the public alerted authorities... read more →
The ringleaders of a major international people smuggling gang have been charged with murder after police in Austria found the corpses of 71 dead migrants rotting in the back of... read more →
MEPs have called for the European Commission (EC) to review its legislation on organised crime and corruption with a view to better equipping member states with the tools they need... read more →
Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has launched a new Mobile Malware Awareness Campaign as part of its European Cyber Security Month, which runs up until Friday. To support the initiative,... read more →
On Friday night, a massive cyber-attack took down some of the world’s largest websites. Hackers are thought to have harnessed the power of the Mirai botnet - which takes over... read more →
