The infrastructure of the malware and botnet known as ’Qakbot’ has been taken down in an international operation led by the United States involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania and Latvia. The Qakbot malware infected more than 700.000...

The joint investigation team (JIT) to assist proceedings in cases involving core international crimes committed by foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) against the Yezidi population in Syria and Iraq has been extended. A JIT agreement was initially signed between Sweden and France in October 2021...

Supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities in Lithuania, Estonia, France and Germany have dismantled a Lithuanian organised crime group (OCG) that allegedly put millions of expired food products with altered labelling in the market. They are also suspected of large...

iSpoof, a website that allowed criminals to impersonate trusted corporations, was taken down in November 2022 in an international joint action that led to 142 arrests. The main administrator of the website has now been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of imprisonment by Southwark Crown Court in...

During an action day executed by 10 countries, 132 members of one of the world’s most powerful criminal networks have been taken into custody. In the early hours of 3 May, law enforcement authorities in Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Romania, Brazil and Panama raided...

A high-level delegation of magistrates from the Court of Appeal in Aix-en-Provence, France, visited Eurojust on 12-14 April. The aim of the visit was to discuss with judicial authorities in Italy and Spain the current trends on drug trafficking in ports and to pave the way for further and stronger...

Genesis Market has been taken down in an operation involving judicial and law enforcement authorities in the United States, nine European Union countries, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Genesis Market was a criminal marketplace accessible on the dark web and clear web that sold packages...

Judicial and law enforcement authorities in France, the Netherlands, Spain and Romania have carried out a coordinated action against an organised crime group (OCG) suspected of trafficking cocaine and cannabis and laundering the proceeds of this crime. During a joint action, 22 suspects were...

Eurojust and Europol assisted the French and Belgian authorities in a recent action day against an organised crime group (OCG) suspected of large-scale drug trafficking, leading to seven arrests. The OCG is managed from Dubai, where two high-value targets had already been arrested. In addition, in...