14.03.23 – A Homemade Submarine Was Found Carrying 2 Tons of Cocaine and 2 Dead Bodies. A narco submarine was discovered off the coast of Colombia containing over two tons of cocaine worth $87 million, as well as two dead bodies. The 15-meter long homemade sub was found floating in the Pacific over the weekend,…
06.03.23 – Four US citizens shot at, kidnapped in northern Mexico. Authorities in the United States and Mexico have said they are working to secure the release of four US citizens who were fired upon and kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that the…
20.02.23 – Traffickers smuggling tobacco from Belarus busted in Poland. Europol supported the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji) and the National Revenue Administration (Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa) in disrupting tobacco smugglers and seizing large amounts of cash and valuables. The criminals were initially under investigation for…
16.02.23 – Eighteen arrested after £1.5m car thefts in London and home counties. Eighteen people have been arrested following police raids as part of an inquiry into the theft and sale of vehicles worth more than £1.5m. Met Police said the stolen cars included Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Land Rover and Range Rover models, taken across London,…
08.02.23 – European Commission looks to step up war on drugs through better police cooperation. The European Commission wants to help EU countries in the fight against drug trafficking by increasing cooperation between domestic police forces. During a trip to the Port of Antwerp on Tuesday, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, pledged…
29.02.23 – Everything is Fake: “Pig Butchering,” is the term organized crime groups and gangs are using to virtually scam their victims out of their life savings. Since it came to prominence in 2021, the fraud – which involves scammers grooming their victims before stealing huge sums in cryptocurrency – has led to losses of…
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-shuts-down-websites-offering-counterfeit-goods-and-pirated-content – International operation shuts down websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated content https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/heat-rising-european-super-cartel-taken-down-in-six-countries – Heat is rising as European super cartel is taken down in six countries https://insightcrime.org/news/lake-titicaca-smugglers-paradise-bolivia-peru/ Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru https://insightcrime.org/news/super-cartel-controlling-europe-drug-trade/ Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade? https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/serbian-led-drug-smuggling-network-halted-belgium-luxembourg-and-netherlands Serbian-led drug smuggling network halted in…
From 26 to 30 September 2022, the second edition of the European Commission’s Crime Fighting Week took place in Brussels. Bringing together over 150 policymakers and practitioners from projects, agencies and institutions dedicated to fighting transnational organised crime, it was the occasion to take stock of this evolving global threat. It was also an opportunity…
