Fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets are highly lucrative for organized crime and are often linked to more serious criminal activities including irregular immigration, trafficking in human beings, drug smuggling and terrorism. Keep Reading
During Operation Turquesa, authorities in 20 countries across three continents acted on leads and carried out nearly one million checks at air, land and sea borders in order to disrupt the organized crime groups behind key smuggling routes to the United States and Canada. Keep Reading
On November 13 2019, the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) supported by Europol, concluded their operation into a large criminal network smuggling migrants to western Europe in trucks. Keep Reading
Organized crime, breakdowns in law and order, and attacks by extremists, are examples of the challenges faced by United Nations peacekeepers, the UN Security Council was told during a briefing by senior UN Police Commissioners. Keep Reading
The bodies of 39 people have been found in a truck container approximately nine miles east of London, U.K. The driver has been arrested and police are investigating links to organized crime and human trafficking. Keep Reading
A Belarusian organized crime group involved in international cargo thefts has been dismantled. The group was targeting trucks on motorway rest areas and parking lots to steal the cargo. Keep Reading
In the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico drilling platforms hum away under the sunshine. But, in the dark of the night, they are becoming more and more subject to vicious attacks launched by modern-day pirates. Keep Reading
On September 17, Bulgarian and French law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled an organized crime group involved in trafficking human beings for labor exploitation and money laundering. Keep Reading
The more that a terrorist organization becomes known for criminal actions, the harder it can be to retain legitimacy in the eyes of their followers. Keep Reading
The Portuguese Judicial Police has dismantled Europe’s second-largest counterfeit currency network on the dark web. Five individuals have been arrested and are accused of counterfeiting and organized crime. Keep Reading
