Drug trafficking

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22 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
21 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
With the active assistance of Eurojust, the authorities in Italy and Albania have dealt a major blow to three linked organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. During a joint action day, arrest warrants were issued against 52 suspects, including...
20 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
French authorities took action in 66 prisons across the country against a new type of device that prisoners are using to communicate with the outside world and continue their criminal activities. Following findings by the prosecutor of the Judicial Court of Paris JUNALCO that these devices are being...
01 April 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An extensive five-year investigation into an ‘Ndrangheta mafia-style organisation active in Germany and Italy has led to the arrest of 29 suspects during a joint operation by Italian and German authorities, supported by Eurojust. The mafia-style group was responsible for a number of crimes in the...
13 February 2025|PRESS RELEASE
A successful and long-term cooperation between Norwegian and Danish authorities via Eurojust has led to over one thousand years of prison sentences imposed on a total of 152 drug traffickers in both countries. Between 2019 and 2024, Eurojust supported a joint investigation team (JIT) into the...
04 February 2025|PRESS RELEASE
French and Spanish authorities, with the support of Eurojust and Europol, have stopped an illegal drug delivery into France arriving from Spain. The drug seizure is part of an operation against an international trafficking network active in the two countries. Authorities arrested 24 members of the...
13 December 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities from Albania and Kosovo, supported by Eurojust and Europol, have disrupted an arms trafficking gang operating in both countries. The suspects were responsible for the supply, transport and sale of weapons and explosive materials, setting up an intricate import and export route towards...
12 December 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A joint operation in Brazil and Italy has led to the arrest of 23 members of a cocaine trafficking network linked to mafia families in Italy. The three criminal groups running the drug smuggling operation used cargo ships and private aircraft to transport large quantities of cocaine to Europe...
04 December 2024|PRESS RELEASE
With support from Eurojust, the German and Serbian authorities have taken down a drug trafficking network operating from the Rhine-Main area of Germany. Today, in a coordinated action, ten suspects were arrested and around thirty places searched in connection to the smuggling and distribution of...
18 November 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Albanian authorities arrested ten alleged members of a drug trafficking network over the weekend in an operation supported by Eurojust. A sophisticated cocaine-processing laboratory was also seized in Albania. The members of the Albanian organised crime group (OCG) were involved in the transport of...