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
Major financial institutions in the United Kingdom will invest £6.5 million to reform the country’s Suspicious Activity Reporting regime used to alert authorities about potential money laundering and terrorist financing. Keep Reading
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led an international operation against serious and organized cross-border crime in Central and South Eastern Europe, which commenced June 28 and concluded July 8. Keep Reading
The same routes used to smuggle wildlife across countries and continents are often used to traffic weapons, drugs and people. Environmental crime now occurs on an industrial, transnational scale and threatens national and regional security. Keep Reading
The Spanish National Police disrupted a criminal organization Tuesday that was financing al-Qaeda terrorist militias through tax fraud and money laundering. Keep Reading
The Organized Crime Group was composed mainly of Romanian truck drivers, intermediaries and leaders. Smuggled migrants were mostly from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Palestine. The migrants were transferred to transit sites in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Keep Reading
A new crime threat assessment reveals that most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly professionalized organized crime networks, which can reap large profits while running relatively few risks. Keep Reading
