It had been hailed as the high-flying darling of Germany’s stock exchange: a huge provider of high-tech financial services and processor of payments. Although it was seen as a blue-chip success story, suspicion had trailed…
The illegal distributers were broadcasting across three continents earning more than €15 million in estimated illegal profits The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) dismantled a large criminal network illegally distributing audio-visual content in Europe, Asia…
A highly skilled and dangerous foreign organized crime organization has been recently disbanded following a complex investigation carried out within the framework of a Joint Tactical European Task Force. This is the first time in…
The city on the brink of becoming a narco-state With 61.8 metric tons of cocaine and 504 kilograms of marijuana seized in 2019, the Port of Antwerp has produced an increase of violence in Belgium’s…
Visit any public place in the West, especially in places popular with tourists, and you’ll see lots of people taking “selfies” – photographs of themselves, with or without their friends or colleagues. Often they have…
On 16 December an investigation by the Financial Police Division of Hellenic Police (Διεύθυνση Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας), the Central Office to fight Against Environmental and Public Health Crime (OCLAESP) and French Customs (Direction…
Between 21-24 November, law enforcement and judicial authorities in Europe launched a joint action against the so-called Islamic State (IS) to disrupt the online activities of this terrorist organisation. The referral action coordinated by the…
Are women equally as capable of committing serious crimes as men? The female fugitives featured on Europe’s Most Wanted website prove that they are. The criminals – of both genders – in this new campaign…
The EU reaffirms its commitment to protect journalists and pays tribute to those who lost their lives for reporting the news. According to official statistics, over 1.000 journalists were killed in the world in the…
Every year, unseen to the naked eye, the security of countries, organisations, and especially individuals across the world face the invisible threat of cybercrime. And in today’s highly digitised world, it’s a threat that is…
Is Russia’s investment bank a Trojan Horse? According to Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, written between 29 and 19 BCE, in the final stage of the Trojan war at least two people, Laocoön, a priest…
In its annual reportfor 2018, the Council of Europe anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing body MONEYVAL calls on states to ensure that they have appropriate measures in place to combat “dirty money”. The impact by economic…
66 suspected of arranging illegal adoptions, surrogacies and human egg trafficking in Greece On 23 September 2019, Greek law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group involved in the trafficking of human…
You may never have given much thought to organic chlorides – unless you’re interested in chemistry, of course – but you have almost certainly owned or used items in whose manufacture organic chlorides played a…
“If a lot of cures are suggested for a disease,it means that the disease is incurable.” Anton Chekhov, “The Cherry Orchard” By Robin Crow According to my dictionary, a troika is a Russian vehicle drawn…
Network Formed by Individuals Who Advertised their Specialized Technical Skills and Services on Underground Russian-Language Online Criminal Forums. A complex transnational organized cybercrime network that used GozNym malware in an attempt to steal an estimated…
