Ms Hilde Vandevoorde appointed National Member for Belgium
Ms Hilde Vandevoorde was appointed National Member for Belgium at Eurojust for a five-year period. In accordance with Article 2(1) of the Eurojust Decision, the appointment was approved by the...
View ArticleInternational criminal network involved in synthetic drug trafficking dismantled
On 12 December 2017, a coordinated international operation supported by Eurojust and Europol took down an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the production and trafficking of drugs and...
View ArticleSocial benefit fraud ring dismantled
The crime worked in the following way: In the period between 2013 and 2017, a Romanian organised crime group (OCG) from the Braşov region recruited and trafficked more than 50 Romanian families to...
View ArticleAction against stolen Italian artefacts
In the early hours of yesterday morning, arrests and searches took place in Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK against an international organised crime group (OCG) accused of trafficking in...
View ArticleSwiss and Dutch authorities take action against voice phishing
Yesterday, an action took place in the Netherlands against an internationally active group involved in voice phishing. In the presence of Swiss authorities, two suspects were arrested and several...
View ArticleEurope-wide operations against OCG involved in online fraud
The Public Prosecution Office (PPO) of Dresden, the Saxon State Office of Criminal Investigation (SSOCI) and the PPO of Vilnius conducted a successful six-year investigation, ‘Operation Warenagent’,...
View ArticleMigrant smuggling and sham marriages
On 22 August 2018, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, in the context of an investigation of the Public Prosecution Office Munich I, searches and arrests were synchronised in Romania and Poland...
View ArticleJoint operation against ndrangheta in Italy and Germany
Today, during an international joint action day in Italy and Germany, 160 people were arrested. More are expected to be apprehended. They are suspected of participation in a mafia-type (‘ndrangheta)...
View ArticleFirst Liaison Prosecutor for Ukraine appointed at Eurojust
On 18 August 2018, Ms Myroslava Krasnoborova took up her duties as Liaison Prosecutor for Ukraine at Eurojust.read more
View ArticleInternational action against large-scale VAT fraud
During a joint action day in seven EU Member States, an international organised crime group was tackled, involved in large-scale VAT fraud with a damage of more than EUR 20 million, related to sales of...
View ArticleEurojust hosts Consultative Forum of top EU prosecutors
Top prosecutors from across Europe gathered today at Eurojust in The Hague to tackle the ever-changing challenges of cross-border terrorism and migrant smuggling, share new strategies in using the...
View ArticleTwo euro counterfeiting rings dismantled
Under the direction of the French and Italian authorities, and with the support of Eurojust and Europol, 22 arrests by the French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri took place on 16...
View ArticleVictims of kidnapping and slavery
Romanian and UK authorities successfully took down an organised crime group involved in human trafficking for exploitation - forced labour, false imprisonment and money laundering.read more
View ArticleLooted cultural goods: 13 arrests in Bulgaria and Spain
More than 30 600 pieces of cultural heritage artefacts, mostly comprising real and counterfeit coins, were seized from an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the looting and illegal trafficking of...
View ArticleEurojust to host the European judicial counter-terrorism register
Eurojust declared that it stands ready to swiftly create and host the counter-terrorism register, which would bring more clarity, security and speed to investigations after terrorist attacks and...
View ArticleNew Eurojust Regulation adopted
Today, the Council of the European Union adopted the Eurojust Regulation (EJR), after the European Parliament had given its approval already in October. This adoption completes the European Union’s...
View ArticleCigarette smuggling from Eastern Europe
On 15 November, coordinated action was taken against an Italian organised crime group (OCG) involved in the smuggling of cigarettes from Eastern European countries into Italy. Eight people were...
View ArticleBelgian fugitive detained in Spain
With the support of Eurojust and Europol, the Spanish judicial authorities (Juzgado de Instrucción no 1 in Torrevieja) and the Belgian Public Prosecutor’s Office and judicial authorities, in...
View ArticleMajor step against organised crime in Western Balkans
On 12 November 2018, Ms Lenche Ristoska took up her duties as the first Liaison Prosecutor for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at Eurojust. Her appointment is an important contribution to the...
View ArticleNetwork of five organised crime groups disrupted in Romania
Yesterday, the Romanian Territorial Office of the Directorate for Investigation of Organised Crime of Vâlcea and judicial police officers of the Vâlcea Organised Crime Service dismantled a network of...
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