Romania
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27 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
25 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
A criminal group hacked into trusted online shop accounts to defraud customers of over EUR 400 000 by selling goods that would never arrive. The criminals were able to take over 405 seller accounts. Authorities from Romania and Germany worked together with Eurojust to take down the criminal group.
16 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
An international action week led to the disruption of Archetyp, one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces for drugs, and the arrest of its creator and current administrator in Spain. The platform had around 3 200 vendors and more than 600 000 users, who traded drugs worth at least EUR 250...
12 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
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...
03 June 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities have tracked down and dismantled a human trafficking network operating in Switzerland. The criminal group recruited young vulnerable women in Romania for sexual exploitation. The close cooperation between investigators from both countries, supported by Eurojust and Europol, culminated in...
30 April 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities dismantled a criminal gang of gold robbers active in Italy after they tracked the criminals in Romania. With the support of Eurojust, four suspects were arrested on 24 April, following an earlier action where 2 suspects were arrested. The robbers stole gold, silver and brass from...
10 April 2025|PRESS RELEASE
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...
10 February 2025|PRESS RELEASE
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Romania and the Netherlands have set up a dedicated joint investigation team (JIT) into the theft of four pieces of precious historic Romanian art from the Dutch Drents Museum, last month. The JIT has been set up with active support from Eurojust, which...
07 January 2025|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Romania’s intellectual property (IP) crime landscape reveals growing challenges in combating digital piracy, counterfeiting, and the smuggling of counterfeit goods. With one of the EU’s busiest borders, Romania is particularly vulnerable to the import and distribution of counterfeit products...