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...

This week, from 15-16 October, Eurojust hosted the first annual meeting of the Agency’s Judicial Focus Group on Money Laundering and Asset Recovery. The event brought together key stakeholders to address the latest developments and challenges, with a particular focus on demonstrating and...

Two successful investigations by Italian and Brazilian authorities have dealt decisive blows to criminal networks operating in both countries. Through fruitful cooperation, authorities discovered the deep criminal ties connecting the Italian and Brazilian criminal worlds. According to an evaluation...

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...

An organised crime group that took vulnerable women from Romania to the Netherlands for sexual exploitation has been halted thanks to a coordinated operation between Romanian and Dutch authorities, in collaboration with Eurojust. During an action day earlier this month, 13 suspects were arrested in...

Eurojust has supported the authorities in Romania and the Republic of Moldova in a coordinated operation, carried out today, against the concealment and laundering of the proceeds of phishing fraud. During a joint action day, 44 locations were searched in both countries. A group of suspects has been...

With support from Eurojust and Europol, Romanian and UK authorities have taken decisive action against a human trafficking network that forced at least 27 young female victims into prostitution. During a coordinated action day, twelve suspects have been identified and forty places were searched...

French authorities took action in 66 prisons across the country against a new type of device that prisoners are using to communicate with the outside world and continue their criminal activities. Following findings by the prosecutor of the Judicial Court of Paris JUNALCO that these devices are being...

An ongoing investigation in three countries has led to the arrest of a Ukrainian entrepreneur suspected of laundering illicit funds through real estate in France and Monaco. French, Ukrainian and Monegasque authorities are working together to uncover a large scale money laundering scheme involving...

The Romanian authorities, in close cooperation with their French and British counterparts, have taken down a criminal group that recruited hundreds of money mules to launder the proceeds of an elaborate online fraud scheme. Eurojust assisted the authorities by setting up a joint investigation team...