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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...
11 November 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Thirty-eight people have been indicted following an unprecedented operation supported by Eurojust against a criminal network for forging over 2 000 works of contemporary art. A year-and-a-half-long investigation by Italian authorities, in cooperation with Belgian, French and Spanish counterparts...
06 November 2024|PRESS RELEASE
An international operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol has disrupted the trafficking of large quantities of cocaine from South America to various Italian seaports. In total, 29 suspects belonging to an Albanian-led criminal network were arrested in Italy and Albania. Simultaneously...
15 October 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust and Europol supported the investigation by French and Italian authorities that led to the arrest of seven suspects and the seizure of cash, valuable goods and documentation needed for the investigation.
11 October 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust supported authorities in Germany, Croatia, Czechia and Italy to counter a long-term fraud with illegal or undeclared labour and tax evasion. During an action day, five suspects were arrested for allegedly running a network of building enterprises that employed labourers without paying taxes...
09 October 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust supported this international operation, which hit a notorious mafia organisation. Investigations into the criminal organisation uncovered an elaborate scheme that was laundering money from Italy to Brazil, through several companies. The operation on 7 October led to the arrest of four...
26 September 2024|PRESS RELEASE
German and Italian authorities worked together with Eurojust and Europol to stop a fraudulent scheme. The suspects targeted public institutions, cities, and municipalities, and were able to cause damages of several million euros. On 24 September, an operation took place where technology and assets...
26 September 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale cocaine-smuggling ring was dismantled by authorities in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland, coordinated by Eurojust. During an action day, a total of 45 suspects were arrested, most of them in Italy. Prior to the action day, 21 suspects involved in the sale of cocaine in and around...
22 August 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A fast and coordinated action by Italian and Slovenian authorities, supported by Eurojust, has led to the arrest of a dangerous criminal hiding in Koper, Slovenia. The leader of an Italian organised crime group (OCG) was on the run from a 21-year prison sentence. He had been convicted of several...
13 August 2024|PRESS RELEASE
An investigation lasting over two years has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo. The total value of their profits is estimated at over EUR 500 million. They reinvested the profits of their crimes in multiple companies in Brazil. Cooperation between...