Organised crime

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11 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Italian and Dutch authorities worked together to disrupt a cocaine trafficking route from the Netherlands to Sardinia. Following a four-year investigation, two suspects were arrested in Italy and one in the Netherlands during an action day on 11 June.
11 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
21 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
With the active assistance of Eurojust, the authorities in Italy and Albania have dealt a major blow to three linked organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. During a joint action day, arrest warrants were issued against 52 suspects, including...
20 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
13 May 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An organised criminal group (OCG) operating globally has defrauded more than 100 victims of over EUR 3 million through a fake online investment platform. Cooperation between German, Cypriot, Albanian, British and Israeli investigators, supported by Eurojust and Europol, led to the dismantling of the...
13 May 2025|PAGE
The European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN) was established at Eurojust in 2024, by the conclusions of the Council of the European Union and based on a proposal by the European Commission. The EJOCN’s aim is to facilitate exchanges of information and cooperation amongst judicial...
11 April 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Cooperation between authorities from France, Slovenia, Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support from Eurojust and Europol, has resulted in the dismantling of an arms traffickers group. Actions taking place simultaneously in France, Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina led to the arrest of...
01 April 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An extensive five-year investigation into an ‘Ndrangheta mafia-style organisation active in Germany and Italy has led to the arrest of 29 suspects during a joint operation by Italian and German authorities, supported by Eurojust. The mafia-style group was responsible for a number of crimes in the...
13 February 2025|PRESS RELEASE
A successful and long-term cooperation between Norwegian and Danish authorities via Eurojust has led to over one thousand years of prison sentences imposed on a total of 152 drug traffickers in both countries. Between 2019 and 2024, Eurojust supported a joint investigation team (JIT) into the...
05 February 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust and Europol supported an operation that put a halt to a criminal group that produced and sold counterfeit euro coins and bills. The criminals were active in North Macedonia and Serbia. Through a joint investigation team (JIT), the North Macedonian and Serbian authorities conducted their...