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Italian police have dismantled an illegal alcohol operation with branches in as many as 17 European countries, smuggling around 180 million liters of Vodka and Whiskey among other spirits. Italian prosecutors have issued protective orders against 20 people alleged to be involved in the criminal association, which is thought to have avoided around 80 million euros in excise duty since 2016. The fraudsters were involved in a 'carousel' scam involving real and fake alcoholic drink companies which took advantage of loopholes in tax regulation at EU level, such as the exemption from paying VAT or excise tax for transactions within...
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A Europe-wide organised crime network was broken up last week following a joint operation between several national police forces, leading to the arrest of 22 suspects, Europol has announced. The European crime agency estimates that the "highly professional and dangerous" international criminal group earned about €680 million from its activities between 2017 and 2019. The group used "specialized encrypted communication devices" and counter-surveillance techniques to try to stay a step ahead of police, Europol said. "The operation, code-named ‘Icebreaker’, is the biggest of its kind to date in Europe against such an organised crime group, comprising nationals of Lithuania and...
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Authorities in several European countries have broken up a criminal group involved in poaching fish in contaminated waters, tax evasion and money laundering, according to a press release by the European Judicial Cooperation Unit, Eurojust. Contaminated fish was stored and transported in several EU countries under improper and unhygienic conditions and then sold to Romanian companies. Thirteen people were arrested during searches carried out in Romania, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and Hungary, 11 boats were confiscated, and 30 tonnes contaminated fish have been seized. Eurojust coordinated the joint action by facilitating real-time information exchange between the agencies involved. Operation Glanis...
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Searches were carried out last Thursday at nine different locations in Ukraine as part of two criminal investigations into the illegal online market called xDedic, Europol announced on Monday. The searches were carried out by members of the Ukrainian National Police and the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, with the help of members of the Belgian Federal Computer Crime Unit (FCCU), Europol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of Tampa (Florida, USA). Several computer systems were seized and three Ukrainian suspects were interrogated. The xDedic online market has been rendered inaccessible by...
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The Spanish National Police and the Police of Romania, with the participation of Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled a 'multinational fraud' operation that swindled more than eight million euros through sophisticated social engineering techniques. The person responsible for the network was based in the province of Valencia. The organization defrauded public administrations and individuals. Between April 23 and 25 a joint police operation was carried out between Spain and Romania, which resulted in the arrest of 14 people in Spain and five in Romania. These arrests added to the 14 that had been carried out throughout the investigation, raise the...
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French police in the northeastern city of Caen have broken up a Georgian criminal network, called the "Vory v Zakone", translating as thieves-in-law, which had been operating in the Normandy region. After more than a year and a half of investigations, the investigators from Caen and the central office for the fight against itinerant delinquency struck against the criminal network, which includes members from several former Soviet bloc countries, including Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Chechnya, and Ukraine. The organisation specialises in burglaries and shoplifting in the Normandy region and other areas bordering the English Channel. Most of the gang members...
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Prosecutors from Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) detained on Thursday morning an Italian man with numerous businesses in Romania, on suspicion of money laundering and association for the purpose of committing mafia-type offenses. Nicola Inquieto was detained as a result of a European arrest warrant issued by the Antimafia Directorate of the Naples Prosecutor's Office. Nicola Inquieto's brother Giuseppe, who lives in Italy, was also detained. According to Italian prosecutors, the two brothers belong to the Michele Zagaria faction of the Casalese mafia clan. Nicola Inquieto, who has been living for many years in Pitesti, built...
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Europol, working in conjunction with Romanian, Slovenian and Austrian authorities has broken up a human trafficking gang that charged migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria up to 7, 000 euros each to be smuggled into the European Union. The people smuggling gang, coordinated by a Pakistani national with the aid of Romanian and other nationals, had been operating since July 2016 and was illegally transporting migrants in cars, vans and lorries to the EU via the Balkan route. Austrian and Romanian law enforcement authorities arrested 10 suspects from the criminal group in simultaneous operations on 9 April. Nineteen premises...
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Romanian and Italian police - with the support of Europol, its Joint Task Force on computer crimes (J-CAT) and Eurojust - have arrested 20 suspected hackers in a series of coordinated raids on Wednesday. Nine people have been picked up in Romania and 11 in Italy. The accused are wanted for bank fraud to the value of about 1 million euro carried out against hundreds of customers and two credit institutions. More than 100 agents were involved. The criminals used the technique of spear phishing, or sending fraudulent emails to targeted users with content that makes them appear to come...
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Multiple police forces across Europe have taken part in a Europol-backed operation targeting a major international human trafficking gang run from Romania. The crackdown, which involved law enforcement agencies from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, disrupted an organised crime gang involved in the trafficking of young, vulnerable women for the purposes of sexual exploitation and money laundering. Police in Romania raided 71 properties on 19 June, resulting in the arrest of 35 suspected members of the group, and the discovery of more than €1 million in cash, eight luxury cars, 34 luxury watches and a number...
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