Authorities from Germany and Switzerland, together with Eurojust and Europol, took down a cryptocurrency mixing service suspected of being used by criminals to launder proceeds from various criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, online fraud and other cybercrimes. During...

A five-year investigation involving decrypted messages, phone interceptions and controlled deliveries has resulted in the arrest of 24 members of an international drug trafficking network. The group, which is based in Albania and Italy, is suspected of having trafficked over 1 300 kg of cocaine...

A criminal group in Bulgaria is suspected of stealing thousands of artefacts across Europe, including from museums and trafficking them from Bulgaria to other European countries. Yesterday, authorities from six countries worked together with Eurojust and Europol to arrest 35 members of the criminal...

German and French authorities worked closely together with Eurojust and Europol to arrest five members of an international migrant smuggling network. They are suspected of smuggling close to 900 migrants into Europe. Investigations into the group revealed that they collected at least EUR 4.1 million...

Operation Endgame, the international cooperation between law enforcement and judicial authorities from ten countries has succeeded to dismantle another infostealer, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and a botnet that played key roles in international cybercrime. International cooperation in the operation...

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...

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...

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...

A criminal network that has been massively defrauding victims in Austria and Latvia through a range of online and phone scams, such as fake sales via websites and WhatsApp fraud, has been dismantled with the support of Eurojust and Europol. In a recent coordinated action involving the authorities in...

With the assistance of Eurojust and Europol, authorities in Italy, Spain and Belgium have arrested nine members of a gang of thieves stealing high-end luxury cars. Well-targeted thefts of over one hundred high-value vehicles, worth an estimated total of at least EUR 3 million, took place in Italy...