Asset recovery

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18 November 2024|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Money laundering and asset recovery are a high priority on the EU agenda. This report summarizes the discussions held at the first and second Eurojust Meetings on Money Laundering and Asset Recovery held at the Eurojust premises on 19-20 June 2023 and 20-21 June 2024. The meetings brought together...
26 June 2024|NEWS
Eurojust hosted the second meeting of high-level experts on money laundering and asset recovery on 20 and 21 June. The meeting builds on the recommendations of the first ever Eurojust meeting on money laundering and asset recovery organised by Eurojust last year and brought together experts to...
21 June 2023|NEWS
Eurojust has organised the first-ever major meeting of high-level experts on Money Laundering and Asset Recovery, at its premises in The Hague on 19 and 20 June. The aim of the meeting was to gather the broadest group of specialists to develop a common approach to take on the increasing crime of...
09 June 2023|PRESS RELEASE
The ancient artefacts, of considerable economic and cultural value, had been stolen from museums in Italy or illegally excavated and smuggled into Bavaria in Germany. The seizure and final handover of the cultural goods is the result of the cooperation between the Carabinieri Command for the...
14 October 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Supported by Eurojust and Europol, French authorities, in collaboration with Latvia and Spain, have taken action against an organised crime group (OCG) that used fraudulent software to duplicate keys and steal cars in France. In a coordinated action carried out in the three countries involved...
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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...
19 July 2022|PRESS RELEASE
A historic 17th century painting by the Italian baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi has been returned to Italy, with the active support of Eurojust. Two suspects are being investigated for fraud and attempts to illegally sell the painting of the legend of Roman Charity in Austria. They obtained an...
28 June 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Supported by Eurojust, authorities in Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Switzerland carried out a coordinated action against a group suspected of carrying out money laundering activities for the Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia. In an action day, the main suspect was arrested and assets worth over EUR 4 million...
12 May 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands yesterday conducted an operation against a major drug trafficking network, which allegedly used the art trade in the Netherlands to launder the profits of its illegal business. Eurojust coordinated and supported the action, which led to the arrest of...
13 April 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Italian and Austrian authorities have dismantled a massive fraud scheme set up by a criminal network that used Italian companies to simulate business leases and false tax credits. The perpetrators deprived the Italian authorities of at least EUR 440 million. With the help of Eurojust, approximately...