8 April 2016
With the support of Europol, the Italian Carabinieri and the Bulgarian Police have dismantled an organised criminal group of 12 Bulgarian nationals who were actively trafficking to Italy young Bulgarian and Eastern European women for sexual exploitation.
The victims were recruited in Bulgaria and then transferred to Italy to be exploited in the sex industry. Prostitution was practiced mainly on the streets.
7 April 2016
The Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office (BK) arrested seven suspects in Vienna and Hohenems (Federal State of Vorarlberg). This organised crime group, composed mainly of Chechen nationals, was involved in a number of criminal activities, including extortion, arms trafficking and illegal gambling.
7 April 2016
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Europol, the European law enforcement agency, have signed in Washington a mutual agreement that will considerably intensify the common fight against foreign terrorist fighters. The agreement, signed by FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Europol’s Deputy Director of Operations Wil van Gemert, enables the FBI to join Europol’s Focal Point Travellers.
6 April 2016
On 6 April, the Romanian National Police and the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crimes and Terrorism (DIICOT), in cooperation with the French Police and Gendarmerie Nationale and the Spanish Policia Nacional, disrupted a criminal network responsible for physical attacks on ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) throughout Europe. Supported on-the-spot by Europol experts, the operation was preceded by extensive and complex criminal investigations coordinated by Europol and Eurojust.
5 April 2016
The 2016 EU Drug Markets Report, published today by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol, estimates that Europeans spend at least €24 billion on illicit drugs each year, making it one of the main profit-generating activities for organised criminals in Europe.
1 April 2016
The Belgian Federal Police and Europol, the European law enforcement agency, held a joint operational meeting this morning with more than 50 counter terrorism experts and investigators from 30 countries, Eurojust and INTERPOL. The main purpose of this operational meeting in Brussels was to explore the international dimensions of the current investigations into the terrorist attacks in Belgium and to support follow up enquiries in other countries. Information about the modus operandi of these attacks was exchanged and discussed in detail.
31 March 2016
2016 EU Drug Markets Report from the EMCDDA and Europol
