With the active coordination of Eurojust, and collaboration with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), authorities carried out simultaneous arrests in Norway and searches in Romania and Germany connected to a large-scale fraud investigation against a company supplying services to NATO...

An organised criminal group has been sentenced to a combined total of more than 100 years imprisonment in the United Kingdom for their roles in the kidnapping and killing of a Polish national in a case involving extensive cross-border cooperation. Eurojust supported the investigation through a joint...

Thirteen members of a migrant smuggling network have been convicted in France for their involvement in a deadly attempt to cross the English Channel in November 2021, which led to the deaths of 31 people. Prison sentences of up to 10 years were imposed. Eurojust supported the investigation by...

An international group of authorities from nine countries, coordinated by Eurojust and Europol, has successfully shut down a ransomware group responsible for almost 1 000 attacks worldwide. During the investigation, a 16-year-old was identified as the group’s main operator. The group, known as...

A new Liaison Prosecutor for the United Kingdom has started at Eurojust, continuing to facilitate cooperation between UK and EU authorities. Helen Graves, a solicitor since 2007 and recently working as a Specialist Prosecutor in the field of Serious Economic Organised Crime, started her tenure in...

Five people have been convicted in the United Kingdom (UK) for running a smuggling network transporting Vietnamese migrants into the country and laundering over EUR 1.8 million in cash. The convictions follow an international investigation involving UK, Belgian and French authorities, coordinated by...

Another chapter in Operation Endgame ended with the successful takedown of malware that was offered as a service to other criminals for further criminal activity. Eurojust, together with judicial authorities and law enforcement from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, the United...

A joint investigation by the French and Dutch authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, has shut down a large-scale criminal virtual private network (VPN) service. The criminal service, known as First VPN, targeted cybercriminals by offering their services and promising a secure environment to...

A transnational criminal network that allegedly smuggled over 1 000 migrants from Vietnam into the United Kingdom has been taken down by Belgian, French and UK authorities, with the support of Eurojust and Europol. During an action day in the early morning of 30 March, 16 suspects were arrested in...

A joint action day coordinated from Eurojust’s headquarters has led to the arrest of 13 suspects from a Scottish organised crime group. The group is suspected of running a prolific criminal network involved in the transport of large quantities of drugs, including hundreds of kilograms of cocaine...