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...

French, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Romanian authorities have halted a criminal group that set up an intricate match-fixing system for tennis matches. The group ensured large profits for their clients by arranging the winners of the matches between 2018 and 2024. During an action day, authorities...

Two individuals suspected of running several illegal online casino website have been charged and remanded in custody in France. Authorities were alerted of the website after victims came forward, complaining they were unable to withdraw their winnings. As some of the site managers were based in...

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...

Nine members of a gang involved in stealing luxury watches were arrested this week in Italy, with the support of Eurojust. Through an exchange of information and evidence via the Agency, police forces across southern Italy were able to link the criminals to thefts in various Italian cities, as well...

Following close cooperation between the French and Romanian authorities, criminals stealing agrochemical products across western France have been stopped in their tracks. The network was also involved in transporting and concealing the stolen goods. During a coordinated action this week, 12 suspects...

Authorities around the world cooperated this week to disrupt some of the world’s most dangerous malware. During an action week that took place between 19 May and 22 May, measures were taken against several malware families, and some of the perpetrators behind them were identified. In total...