A large-scale, coordinated operation by the Slovak and Hungarian authorities has led to the dismantling of a major organised crime group (OCG) involved in the trafficking of cocaine, hashish and cannabis throughout Europe since at least 2019. During a joint action day, coordinated by Eurojust, 22...

The sixth EuroMed Justice Network (EMJNet) meeting concluded its one day and half session on 22 October 2025, with a clear focus on fortifying judicial cooperation to tackle drug trafficking more effectively. The meeting, which took place in Palermo, Italy, brought together 32 criminal justice...

While a maxi-trial of 132 ‘Ndrangheta mafia members arrested in 2023 during an action day involving 10 countries is ongoing in Reggio Calabria in Italy, 76 of the defendants have already been tried. The first judicial decision has been issued, and the competent judge has convicted the defendants to...

The European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN) and EL PACCTO 2.0 held a bi-regional meeting of prosecutors on drug trafficking investigations in ports at Eurojust headquarters in The Hague on 29-30 September 2025. The event, which was attended by prosecutors from EU and Latin American...

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...

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...

An international action week led to the disruption of Archetyp, one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces for drugs, and the arrest of its creator and current administrator in Spain. The platform had around 3 200 vendors and more than 600 000 users, who traded drugs worth at least EUR 250...

Italian and Dutch authorities worked together to disrupt a cocaine trafficking route from the Netherlands to Sardinia. Following a four-year investigation, two suspects were arrested in Italy and one in the Netherlands during an action day on 11 June.

In an operation coordinated via Eurojust, the Serbian authorities arrested five suspects this week for organising the long-term, large-scale transport of illicit drugs to Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Previously, eight fictitious owners of haulage companies used for these transports had...