17.04.24 – 20 arrests in clampdown against gang suspected of laundering EUR 10 million. 20 members of an intercontinental criminal network engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering have been arrested following a large-scale operation on 6 and 7 March in Spain and Portugal. The suspects laundered more than EUR 10 million using stolen identities…
08.04.24 – 63 forgers arrested in Naples. 63 money counterfeiters responsible for faking Euro banknotes worth over EUR 6 million have been arrested on an action day conducted today by the Italian Carabinieri and French National Police, supported by Europol. Of the 63 arrests, 62 were made in Italy, with 1 in France. The Italian…
01.04.24 – Violent Chinese organised crime gang operating in Ireland linked to cannabis grow-houses. A violent Chinese organised crime gang operating in Ireland ran a series of cannabis grow-houses and abducted fellow nationals. Details of the underworld network emerged as the Criminal Assets Bureau took a case against Yan Yan Fan and her ex-boyfriend Guang…
12.03.24 – 13 victims of human trafficking safeguarded in Spain. Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna) in an operation targeting a criminal organisation trafficking human beings for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation in Spain. The investigation has resulted in 17 arrests and the…
04.03.24 – Police arrest seven members of organised crime group. During an investigation spanning from December 2023 to January 2024, the drug division of the judicial police pursued an inquiry into a drug-dealing group. According to the police, the group, comprising seven individuals, predominantly operated within the Gare neighbourhood in Luxembourg City. The seven alleged…
28.02.24 – Cross Border Conference on Organised Crime told use of cocaine in Northern Ireland and the Republic is so rife that street value has jumped 25%. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the use of drugs on both sides of the border has become prevalent and has led to a 25% increase in the price…
21.02.24 – Over 100 searches and 4 arrests in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Malta against financial institution involved in money laundering. National authorities in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Malta have carried out over 100 searches in a large-scale operation against a Russian-Eurasian criminal network and a Maltese-based financial institution allegedly involved in money-laundering…
12.02.24 – International cybercrime malware service targeting thousands of unsuspecting consumers dismantled. On 7 February, two suspects were arrested in Malta and Nigeria in the framework of the operation. The suspects are accused of selling the malware and supporting cybercriminals who used the malware for malicious purposes. Europol provided analytical support to the investigation which…
05.02.24 – 22-year-old convicted after 70 migrants rescued from the Channel. A man from Sudan has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after a National Crime Agency investigation into people smuggling. Howmalow Mawum-Duop, 22, was identified piloting a large rigid hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) on its interception by UK Border Force off the Kent…
29.01.24 – Husband and wife convicted of exporting £57 million cocaine haul to Australia. A married couple have been convicted of exporting more than half a tonne of cocaine to Australia, after a National Crime Agency investigation found they were behind a front company that had sent the drugs by plane under a cover load…
