On 6 October 2021, 5 suspects were arrested in the Spanish province of Valencia for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation that had laundered...
Cross-border and multi-agency cooperation to ensure the respect of quota restrictions in the European Union
Between 20 and 25 September 2021, Europol supported a Joint...
Launched at Europol, Operation Sentinel will contribute to a concerted response to an expected fraud wave
A new EU-wide operation will target fraud against COVID-19...
With the active support of Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre, the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) has arrested in Barcelona and Madrid five suspected...
The criminal organisations used 250 domains and two call centres to lure German investors
Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, the Netherlands...
For the first time, Europol awarded the Europol Excellence Award in Innovation during the annual European Police Chiefs Convention 2021. With this award, Europol...
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The increased diversification of the supply at source has led to more violence, says the new Europol-UNODC “Cocaine Insights Report”
More violent,...
Capture21 is this year's edition of Europol's photo competition. Unfortunately, 2020 was a devastating year. Millions of people were out of work and left...
Published today, the third edition of Europol’s annual report on Online Jihadist Propaganda provides a comprehensive analysis of the major trends and developments in...
Europol has assisted the Polish authorities in dismantling an organised crime group involved in the production of illegal cigarettes.
An action day was organised in...
More than 11 tonnes of fish, molluscs and crustaceans were seized during the operation
The Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana led an EMPACT Joint Action Day...