With the assistance of Eurojust and Europol, authorities in Italy, Spain and Belgium have arrested nine members of a gang of thieves stealing high-end luxury cars. Well-targeted thefts of over one hundred high-value vehicles, worth an estimated total of at least EUR 3 million, took place in Italy...

Seventeen suspected human traffickers were arrested in a global operation involving the Albanian and Colombian authorities. The suspects had set up a human trafficking network to recruit vulnerable women from Colombia for sexual exploitation in Europe. The investigation and action day received...

The 19th annual Consultative Forum of Prosecutors General of the EU Member States has been largely dedicated this year to the continued fight against organised crime. This included a discussion on the so-called ‘Crime as a Service’ method, or putting up criminal activities for tender. A second major...

Investigations into the crime of aggression against Ukraine is ongoing with essential support from the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA). During a meeting at Eurojust in The Hague, Prosecutor Generals from Lithuania, Estonia, Romania and...

Two successful investigations by Italian and Brazilian authorities have dealt decisive blows to criminal networks operating in both countries. Through fruitful cooperation, authorities discovered the deep criminal ties connecting the Italian and Brazilian criminal worlds. According to an evaluation...

A joint French–Italian investigation team has dismantled two linked organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in trafficking illicit drugs and large-scale money laundering. One of the networks laundered money for the other OCG and other criminals through an elaborate gold trading system. In a series of...

At the request of the Spanish and Portuguese authorities, Eurojust has coordinated a major operation across Europe to halt an elaborate investment fraud with cryptocurrencies. During an action day, five suspects were arrested, including the alleged main perpetrator behind the scam. Via an online...

Mr Filippo Spiezia (62) returns to Eurojust as National Member for Italy, after a two-year mandate as Head Public Prosecutor of Florence. Mr Spiezia is a well-experienced Italian magistrate with extensive expertise as an anti-mafia and counter-terrorism prosecutor and a legal specialist in cross...

Read report The Genocide Prosecution Network Secretariat, hosted by Eurojust, has presented a new analysis of jurisprudence on so-called cumulative charges for suspects of terrorism. Adding or cumulating charges against foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) for terrorism with charges of genocide, war...

After escaping a police station in Prato, Tuscany, a criminal leader suspected of drug trafficking in Italy fled the country and travelled across Europe to evade the authorities. Only two months after his escape, authorities from Italy, Belgium, Spain and France, coordinated by Eurojust, tracked him...