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354 dark web vendors and buyers arrested in Europol-coordinated global crackdown
Europol, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies from 14 countries across the globe, have successfully identified vendors and buyers from major dark marketplaces as part of Operation TorNado, a coordinated…
Expert warns Albanian organised crime has expanded across Europe
Albanian organised crime groups have significantly expanded their presence across Europe in recent years and, according to anti-mafia researcher Professor Vincenzo Musacchio,…
Global trade in cocaine, methamphetamine is booming, UN drug report shows
- The global trade in illicit drugs is booming, with cocaine production and seizures of methamphetamine at an all-time high, a United…
Europe faces growing synthetic opioids risks as drug market evolves, EU agency warns
Europe's illicit drug market is undergoing a rapid shift, with synthetic opioids emerging as a concern, although the region still experiences far…
Europe-wide probe dismantles mafia financial network linked to Sicilian boss Messina Denaro
Italian anti-mafia prosecutors and financial police have seized assets worth more than €200 million in an international operation targeting a financial network…
Leading Balkan Cartel member arrested in Montenegro
On 15 April 2026, Europol supported law enforcement authorities in Montenegro in conducting a large-scale operation targeting a significant cell of the…
Guns-for-cannabis network hit: Europol high-value target arrested in international action
A Europol high-value target has been arrested and key members of his criminal network targeted during a coordinated action on 23 March…
International crackdown dismantles sprawling drug network spanning Europe, Asia and Australia
An international law-enforcement operation has dismantled key parts of a sprawling drug trafficking and money-laundering network operating across Europe, Asia and Australia,…
Police bring down European cocaine “super cartel”
European policing agency Europol said on Monday it had helped co-ordinate the takedown of a cartel managed from the United Arab Emirates…
Peru wants U.S. help to stop cocaine trafficking planes
Peru wants to secure a deal with the United States as soon as possible to help it tackle the use of planes…