29/06 After being arrested on 15 October 2020, by the British National Crime Agency and West Midlands Police, three men were sentenced to prison for running a three-floor cannabis farm in an abandoned nightclub in Coventry. In the largest and most sophisticated cannabis factory ever found by the NCA, police seized 1500 cannabis plants, a…
08/06 European and Australian police together with FBI seize weapons, drugs and $148m in cash in operation Trojan Shield. More than 800 suspected members of organised crime gangs were arrested in 18 countries, along with tonnes of drugs, cryptocurrencies, weapons and luxury cars seized. It relied on An0m, a supposedly secure encrypted messaging app developed…
1/06 Barbados homicides have more than doubled since 2012, reaching a record of 49 murders in 2019, dropping to 42 in 2020. The government has pointed to the influx of illegal guns as a facilitator to the increase in violence. 1/06 Mafias operating along Ecuador’s borders with Peru and Colombia profit from the increased demand…
26/05 The Council set the 2022-2025 EU priorities for the fight against serious and organised crime through the European multi-disciplinary platform against criminal threats (EMPACT). EU member states identified 10 crime priorities: High-risk criminal networks, Cyber-attacks, Trafficking in human beings, Child sexual exploitation, Migrant smuggling, Drugs trafficking, Fraud, economic and financial crimes, Organised property crime,…
10/03 Police in Belgium and the Netherlands have made dozens of arrests in a vast operation against organised crime after an encrypted communications network popular with criminals was broken up. Belgian police made 48 arrests and carried out some 200 raids. The police seized €1.2 million in cash, as well as 15 illegal firearms, jewelry,…
03/05 Spanish law enforcement seized more than seven tons of hashish in one of the biggest drug busts so far this year. Three people were arrested during an operation that intercepted a drug haul of 200 packets of hash. 04/05 Frontex and OSCE exchanged views on the prevention of document fraud in South Eastern Europe.…
15/03 – In southern Italy, the <a href=”https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/italy-mob-trial-rinascita-scott-history.html”>“Rinascita-Scott” trial</a>, the first so-called “maxi trial” of the ’Ndrangheta, began on January 13. 15/03 – The latest ENACT paper considers solutions Africa should take to limit the proliferation of <a href=”https://enactafrica.org/research/policy-briefs/an-explosive-situation-managing-arms-caches-in-africa-the-case-of-the-recsa-region”>small arms and light weapons on the continent</a>. 16/03 – A joint operation of the…
08/03 – Ukraine border guards prevented two attempts to <a href=”https://border-security-report.com/ukraine-border-guards-prevent-groups-smuggling-cigarettes-to-romania/”>smuggle cigarettes into Romania</a>. 08/03 – The Brazilian criminal group <a href=”https://insightcrime.org/news/how-brazils-borders-became-more-diverse-dangerous/”>Primeiro Comando da Capital</a> has expanded exponentially, both inside Brazil and in Paraguay, over the last two years. 09/03 – Danish police arrested 13 individuals for their alleged role in <a href=”https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/seizure-of-%E2%82%AC14-million-worth-of-contraband-cigarette-leads-to-13-arrests-in-danish-dutch-sting”>smuggling…
01/03 – In Belize, corrupt police officials have been implicated in facilitating drug flows through the nation, according to a new InSight Crime article. 01/03 – French law enforcement arrested 38 people, accused of trafficking Moldovan nationals to France for illegal labour on construction sites, providing falsified EU identification documents, and money laundering. …
22/02 – German police arrested two suspects and raided over 20 locations in Berlin during a massive operation that targeted members of a family-based organized crime group allegedly involved in arms and drug trafficking, financial crime, and other crimes. 23/02 – Indonesian authorities seized over 11,000 wild birds last month, mostly songbirds headed for…
