Extremely violent gang of jewellery robbers curbed
Involved parties: Involved parties: Belgium, Romania, United Kingdom, supported by Europol and Eurojust Results:
- 52 house searches performed in Romania;
- 16 members arrested and three under judicial control;
- 66 luxury watches and jewellery recovered;
- Seizures amounted to over EUR 9 million in value;
- Top leader sentenced to 30 years in jail in 2016 in Romania;
- Over 100 members of the gang under investigation.
Operation Trivium 7 targets mobile gang infrastructures
Involved parties: Results: Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Europol
- Over 4 000 individuals checked;
- 87 offenders arrested;
- 1800 vehicles checked;
- Gold jewellery seized;
- 60 kg cocaine seized;
- 190 kg MDMA crystals seized (equals to 2 million ecstasy tablets and 60 litres crystal meth);
- Cash and forged documents seized.
