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Source: Europol
Following the COVID-19 crisis, Europol highlighted the risks of fraud related to the recycling of spoiled or expired food to reduce production costs. This possible development was taken under consideration when planning the operation activities in the framework of the OPSON 2023 operation. National authorities involved in the operation performed checks of the food supply chain, while detecting a number…
Source: Europol
The investigation, carried out in the framework of Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) ‘Balkan Cartel’, was a collaborative effort between law enforcement authorities on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Over the last year and a half, the involved authorities worked tirelessly together to gather intelligence and coordinate the operational activities. The targeted criminal group, known for its elaborate network spanning…
Source: Europol
For the past months, officers from the Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organised Crime have been investigating the network to establish the role the suspects have played in the migrant smuggling activities. The investigative activities established that this logistical migrant smuggling cell facilitated the transportation by car of irregular migrant from the eastern part of Bulgaria (the cities of Burgas and…
Source: Europol
The JIT was set up on 25 March 2022 by Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine with Eurojust’s support. On 31 May 2022, Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia became members, followed by Romania on 13 October 2022. On 3 March 2023, the JIT’s seven national authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Department of Justice. Eurojust, the Office of the…
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TikTok regularly publishes content removal statistics for violent extremism content in its quarterly transparency reports. The latest report shows that TikTok proactively removed 95% of violent extremism content. As part of the joint exercise, some 2 145 pieces of content were assessed and flagged to TikTok for voluntary review against their terms of service. Among the referred content were items…
Source: Europol
Co-hosted by Europol and the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the two-day conference (26-27 September) brought together 385 high-level representatives from 44 countries to discuss how our rapidly-evolving world is creating new threats, opportunities and challenges for law enforcement. The European Police Chiefs Convention, now in its 13th edition, is the leading platform for international police…
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In the third edition of these prestigious awards, the Dutch Police, the French National Gendarmerie and the Estonian Police were recognised for their achievements in three categories: Innovation initiative in ethics, diversity and inclusion; Innovative operation and Innovative Technical Solution. The winners were carefully selected by a panel composed of the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, the Police…
Source: Europol
Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in 29 investigations, co-funded by EU financial mechanism. The operations, in line with EU priorities against serious and organised crime, targeted a number of criminal networks involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and corruption, among other crimes. The 29 criminal investigations, led by Spain and involving other EU Member States…
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The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), supported by Europol, dismantled a criminal network involved in drug trafficking and laundering large sums of criminal profits. The investigation was initiated in 2021 based on a Europol intelligence report, which led to the identification of a drug trafficking organisation. The criminal group was led by Albanian nationals and was active in the production…
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Drugs and other illegal commodities were sold in large quantities on this Finnish-language platform which had been operating on the Onion Router (Tor) network since May 2022. This successful action by the Finnish Customs was supported, among others, by the German Federal Criminal Office (Bundeskriminalamt) and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau (Lietuvos kriminalinės policijos biuras). Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre coordinated…