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Economic crimes

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Economic crimes cover a wide range of offences, including swindling and fraud, money laundering, corruption, intellectual property crime and environmental crime. Criminal investigations primarily tackling some other form of crime, such as drug trafficking, terrorist activities or trafficking in human beings (THB), usually also include... read more

Ticket fraud case solved with the support of Eurojust

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The Hague, 6 June 2019 An organised crime group involved in railway card fraud was taken down today through a joint action by the British and Romanian authorities, coordinated by Eurojust. Simultaneous raids were carried out in London and Bacau and 18 suspects were arrested... read more

Eurojust crackdown on counterfeit olive oil trade

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The Hague, 14 May 2019 With the active support of Eurojust, the Italian Public Prosecution Office (PPO) of Foggia, in close cooperation with the German national authorities, dismantled an organised crime group trading adulterated olive oil in Germany and Italy, leading to the arrest of... read more

Looted cultural goods: 13 arrests in Bulgaria and Spain

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Eurojust/Europol joint press release | ES 5 November 2018 On 23 October, the national authorities of Bulgaria and Spain, supported from a coordination centre at Eurojust, arrested 13 people (four in Bulgaria and nine in Spain) and searched 17 properties. More than 30 600 pieces... read more

Two euro counterfeiting rings dismantled

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Eurojust and Europol support French and Italian action against euro counterfeiting 24 October 2018 Under the direction of the French and Italian authorities, and with the support of Eurojust and Europol, 22 arrests by the French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri took place... read more

Social benefit fraud ring dismantled

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The Hague, 4 July 2018 ?Yesterday, operations were carried out simultaneously in Romania and Germany in a joint action day, involving arrests (including execution of four German European Arrest Warrants), searches (16 in Germany and 11 in Romania), hearings and freezing orders. The crime worked... read more

Sham marriage network dismantled in Denmark and Germany

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The Hague, 13 June 2018 Eurojust/Europol joint press release Eurojust and Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Centre assisted the German and Danish national authorities in detecting and dismantling an organised crime group (OCG) that used sham marriages with EU citizens to grant permanent residence permits to... read more

International organised crime group involved in fraud; forgery and money laundering dismantled in Spain and Romania

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23 May 2018 The Spanish Central Investigating Court of the Audiencia Nacional and the Romanian Directorate for Investigation of Organised Crime, Central Office and Terrorism (DIICOT), as well as the Romanian Police, initiated separate investigations into an organised crime group (OCG), composed mainly of Romanian... read more