27/09 – Kingpins of sexual exploitation gang arrested in Berlin. The German Regional Police of Berlin (Landeskriminalamt Berlin) and the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation THB Unit (Nemzeti Nyomozó Iroda Emberkereskedelem Elleni Osztály), supported by Europol, have dismantled a criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation. The investigation resulted in a simultaneous action day in Berlin and Budapest on 21 September 2022.
28/09 – Ireland must step up fight against human trafficking, experts say. Ireland must step up its efforts to fight human trafficking, a group of experts at the Council of Europe has said, after a report expressing concern about the number of prosecutions and convictions relating to the issue.
28/09 – Police seize waterfront home, Lamborghinis, and millions of dollars in drugs bound for Alberta. Fifteen people and a Calgary business have been charged following a cross-border, $55-million drug bust. It’s believed they were moving cocaine and methamphetamine produced by Mexican cartels to Alberta, says a police organization dedicated to serious and organized crime.
29/09 – Medicine traffickers faced with undesirable side effects. During an action day on 20 September 2022, the Central Office against Environmental and Public Health Crime of the French Gendarmerie (Office central de lutte contre les atteintes à l’environnement et à la santé publique – OCLAESP) arrested 20 suspects involved in international drug trafficking. The organised crime group had specialised in acquiring psychotropic drugs containing the Pregabalin agent by using stolen or faked prescriptions in various EU Member States.
02/10 – Colombian pilot arrested in Tangier for alleged links with drug trafficking network. The Tangier judicial police arrested, on Saturday, a Colombian national for alleged links with an international drug trafficking network operating via air routes. The Colombian, 41, was arrested, on the basis of accurate information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), while he was hiding in a house in the medina of Tangier, said the National Police (DGSN) in a statement.
