Economic crimes
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14 May 2026|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities from 15 countries worked together on 12 May to takedown a dangerous criminal group responsible for defrauding victims across Europe and beyond with fake supplements and medicines. The group allegedly claimed to sell legitimate medicines that cured serious illnesses. Their illegal...
30 April 2026|PRESS RELEASE
A company based in the province of Milan is suspected of misappropriating public funds linked to a solar power plant in the province of Caserta. As part of the ongoing Italian investigation, Eurojust coordinated the cooperation with Dutch authorities that led to the seizure of assets worth EUR 55...
03 December 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Searches took place in Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom as part of an investigation into insider trading involving five suspects. The suspects allegedly benefited from confidential, price-sensitive information relating to a listed international IT company based in Switzerland. Authorities...
21 November 2025|NEWS
On 18-20 November 2025, the EuroMed Justice project hosted a meeting in The Hague as part of a Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) activity, aimed to enhance the capacities of South Partner Countries (SPCs) in money laundering and asset recovery efforts. The meeting, requested by the Lebanese and...
05 November 2025|PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale and global operation against massive credit card fraud, coordinated this week by Eurojust, has led to the arrest of 18 suspects. The alleged perpetrators are suspected of setting up an intricate scheme of fake online subscriptions to dating, pornography and streaming services, among...
06 October 2025|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders is a key judicial cooperation instrument aimed at strengthening asset recovery in cross-border cases across the European Union. This is the first Eurojust casework report on the practical implementation of this...
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...
29 January 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An operation coordinated from Eurojust’s headquarters in The Hague has led to the arrest of ten criminals suspected of smuggling 150 containers of over 1.5 billion undeclared cigarettes. German, Belgian and Dutch authorities discovered the activities of the smuggling group following a four-year...
29 January 2025|PRESS RELEASE
German and Slovenian authorities, with the support of Eurojust, conducted a coordinated action today against the illegal trafficking and posting of foreign building labourers and tax evasion. During the action day, the three main suspects were arrested in Germany. Their illegal activities deprived...
20 November 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust, Europol and authorities from 10 countries stopped a criminal group operating an intricate cigarette trafficking scheme. The authorities discovered a Polish group active in cigarette trafficking and investigations connected a counterfeit cigarette factory in France to another international...