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A global cybercrime network that sold hacking tools that allowed users to take over other people’s devices has been shut down in a major operation spanning several countries, Europol said in a statement on Friday. As part of an international crackdown led by Australia's Federal Police service, the EU’s police coordination agency said it had dismantled a cybercrime network called IM-RAT (Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan). The hacking tool allowed users to take control of previously targeted users' computers and steal their login credentials, giving access to bank accounts and other financial accounts. According to Europol's press release, the authorities...
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Spanish National Police have broken up an illegal prostitution network that trafficked Romanian women for the purposes of sexual exploitation in Spain and Germany. Sixteen people, mostly Romanian, were arrested in the towns of Alzira, near Valencia in Spain, and Saarbrucken in south west Germany. Seventeen women were identified as victims of the trafficking network. Police in Spain seized some 8,000 euros in cash, jewellery worth 10,000 euros and three high-end vehicles during searches on properties linked to the gang. The investigation was carried out by a Joint Research Team composed of Spanish and German authorities and coordinated by Europol...
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Fifteen people have been arrested in Lithuania and Spain in an operation against a human trafficking organisation, according to Europol, which coordinated the international operation. Two leaders of the criminal network were arrested in Spain, while the remaining 13 members were arrested in Lithuania. All 15 detainees are Lithuanians, ranging in age from 21 to 46 years. The suspects have been charged with trafficking in human beings, looting in an organised group, disorderly conduct, possession of weapons and drugs, and various other criminal acts. The criminal group was involved in the trafficking of women into to Lithuania from third countries...
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Italian police have made 16 arrests in an operation targeting a gang smuggling drugs to Europe through Africa. Raids, which were carried out in several cities includind Parma, Florence, Rome and Naples, resulted in the detention of Nigerian, Ghanaian and Italian citizens, accused of criminal association and the importation and distribution of drugs. In addition, the leaders of the criminal group were identified: two with residence in the municipalities of Castel Volturno and Villa Literno and one in Rwanda. In total, 230 kg of heroin, 20 kg of cocaine and 2 kg of MDMA were also seized. The organisation was...
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Nine people have been arrested in France, Germany and Austria for the sale of stolen gold worth around 1 million euros a year, according to Europol. French gendarmes in coordination with German and Austrian police and Europol carried out a large-scale operation targeting organised robbery, concealment and money laundering, resulting in the arrest of nine people since last week. Six suspects, three men and three women, were detained in France, while two other arrests were made in Germany and one in Austria. Investigations began in January 2018 in the Nantes region, where a 56-year-old jeweller had been identified as receiving...
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Five people have been arrested in an operation targeting a Slovakian organised crime group suspected of human trafficking and large scale money laundering, according to Eurojust, the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit. Several properties belonging to the criminals were searched during raids carried out in Slovakia, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. The crimes of the gang were committed between 2008 and 2017 in the Slovakian regions of Prešov and Košice and on UK territory, Eurojust said. UK authorities began investigating the gang in 2015, before its members moved to Germany in 2017, where the investigation continued under the coordination of...
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A multinational illegal prostitution network has been broken up investigators in 15 countries in an operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol, the European police agency announced on Monday. Six people were detained on charges related to trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation mostly in Finland but also in Sweden. Three of the arrests have been made in the Spanish cities of Torrevieja and Marbella, while the gang’s 60-year-old Romanian leader was arrested in Finland. Sixteen websites offering the services of 75 percent of all the prostitutes in Finland were also shut down. The authorities first became aware of the...
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A contract killer wanted for carrying out assassinations in three European countries has been extradited from the Czech Republic to Hungary to face charges. Czech Justice Minister, Marie Benesova, decided to extradite Csaba Dér to Budapest over Belgrade, where he is also wanted, because of the seriousness of the charges he faces in the Hungarian capital. Csaba Dér, who has Hungaraian and Serbian citizenship, was arrested by Czech police on March 1 at Amadeus Hotel in Prague. According to the announcement at the time, he was found in possession of false documents, two pistols and ammunition. Serbian press reports he...
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A contract killer wanted for carrying out assassinations in three European countries has been extradited from the Czech Republic to Hungary to face charges. Czech Justice Minister, Marie Benesova, decided to extradite Csaba Dér to Budapest over Belgrade, where he is also wanted, because of the seriousness of the charges he faces in the Hungarian capital. Csaba Dér, who has Hungaraian and Serbian citizenship, was arrested by Czech police on March 1 at Amadeus Hotel in Prague. According to the announcement at the time, he was found in possession of false documents, two pistols and ammunition. Serbian press reports he...
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More than two million euros worth of books have been seized and 15 suspects arrested by Romanian, British and Italian authorities as part of an investigation into the theft of 260 antiquarian books, including original editions by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. All 15 of the suspects arrested were of Romanian origin. The international criminal organisation behind the thefts were known to the authorities for a large number of burglaries perpetrated throughout Europe. According to Eurojust, the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit, the gang stole the books from a warehouse in Feltham, UK, in January 2017, where they were being...
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