Third Countries: Key documents
FIFA World Cup media rights investigated(Infographic)
11 April 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
02 March 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
02 March 2022|AVAILABLE IN 24 LANGUAGES
02 March 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
27 October 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
An organised crime group (OCG) in Romania, Austria and the United Kingdom allegedly forced its victims into prostitution, using the so-called 'loverboy' approach, where young men tempt women from deprived backgrounds to work for them. It is also alleged that the suspects subjected the victims to...
01 May 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
An organised crime group (OCG) involving at least 20 individuals, led by a Lithuanian national, had been operating a complex transport and distribution network since 2015, selling heroin in Ireland and the UK.
01 April 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
An Albanian-speaking crime group known as Kompania Bello had developed a new model for smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe. Using sophisticated encrypted communication means, the organisation’s ringleader negotiated directly with South American drug cartels for large shipments of cocaine...
01 April 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
The organised crime group (OCG), consisting mainly of Iranian nationals living in France, the Netherlands and the UK, endangered the lives of hundreds of migrants while transporting them from France to the UK, across one of the world's busiest commercial shipping lanes, in overloaded small boats and...
23 March 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Rare historical books worth an estimated EUR 2 million, including first editions of works by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton, were stolen from a postal warehouse in London in 2017. The criminal organisation involved, composed of Romanian nationals, had a history of committing complex, high-value...
Action against large-scale investment fraud(Infographic)
20 March 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Across Europe and beyond, thousands of victims were lured into investing money through fake online trading platforms. The money paid by unsuspecting investors was, in reality, redistributed to a complex money laundering network operating across Europe.