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...

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...

EU-wide action against illegal pay-tv streaming Crackdown on illegal use of pay-TV signals Crackdown on one of the world’s largest online piracy groups Coordinated action against illegal streaming

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...

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.