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EU's most threatening criminal networks enter legal economy

Crime webs are penetrating legitimate businesses across the 27-nation bloc, relying heavily on corruption to develop their activities.

05/04/2024

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Hundreds arrested in French anti-drug police raids

French police arrested more than 190 people today in cities as part of a far-reaching anti-drug clampdown. President Macron described the raids as "unprecedented".

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Crowds remembering the late clergyman demanded a future without the Camorra.

20/03/2024

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A former associate of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been arrested on drug trafficking charges at his luxury villa in Medellín.

10/03/2024

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Haiti extends state of emergency and nighttime curfew

Haiti's government announced on Thursday it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew, in an attempt to curb the gang violence and protests plaguing the country.

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Why are songbird killings on the rise again in Cyprus?

Flocks of migrating birds are still meeting a cruel end on their flight path through the island, particularly at a British military base.

08/03/2024

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Inside Marseille’s deadly drug wars: Why are youths killing youths?

Forty-nine people were killed in drug-related shoot-outs between rival gangs in Marseille in 2023 - and the killing is ongoing. Is the situation in the French port city spiralling out of control? Euronews Witness heads south to find out.

01/03/2024

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Most "harmful" hacker network LockBit disrupted by police operation

The operation is “probably the most significant ransomware disruption to date” according to the experts.

20/02/2024

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Euronews Business looks at LexisNexis Risk's assessment of the top trends for financial crime compliance that are likely to emerge this year

03/01/2024

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How did waste traffickers dump 10,000 tonnes of rubbish in France?

One French village is still struggling with heaps of rubbish which residents say is causing water pollution and terrible smells.

19/12/2023

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The Big Question: Why is it so hard to prevent terrorist financing?

The Chief Financial Economic Crime Officer at Rabobank tells The Big Question’s Hannah Brown: “Behind financial crime, you have crime - drug addiction, terrorist financing and modern slavery. And this money has to enter into the system.”

18/12/2023

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Eastern European women and children trafficked to shoplift in the UK

Organised criminal gangs have been found trafficking women and children in the UK for large-scale shoplifting, exacerbating an alarming surge in retail crime, while a grim reality of human trafficking unfolds.

15/12/2023

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Interpol chief calls for action against transnational organised crime

Interpol was founded in 1923 in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC). After World War II, the agency was renamed Interpol and adopted a new constitution.

27/11/2023

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Euroviews. Amid escalating drug wars, Benelux police is striking back — together

The new Benelux Police Treaty, which entered into force on 1 October, has given law enforcement in all three countries a plethora of cross-border instruments, making it the finest tool in the fight against organised crime in Europe, Frans Weekers and Jochen Stöger write.

27/11/2023

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More than 200 convicted in Italy mafia trial

The defendants had been charged with crimes that include drug and arms trafficking, extortion and mafia association, a term in Italy’s penal code for members of organized crime groups. Others were charged with acting in complicity with the ’ndrangheta without actually being a member.

20/11/2023

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The place where lime is escorted by the police

The price of the fruit rose more than 58% in the last year in Mexico.

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Two explosions rip through residential buildings in Sweden

Following the explosions, the Swedish government said it will hold a meeting to identify measures to fight the gang violence that can be quickly implemented.

26/09/2023

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How has INTERPOL's role in the fight against organised crime evolved?

As INTERPOL celebrates its 100th birthday, Euronews sat down with Secretary General Jürgen Stock to see how the global policing organisation adapts, reacts and keeps its guard in a world of ever-evolving forms of organised crime.

08/09/2023

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Ecuador: Gang leader moved to maximum-security prison after killing

Authorities moved the leader of one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison Saturday, three days after the assassination of a presidential candidate who had denounced threats from the feared criminal.

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Alleged human trafficking ring dismantled in Czech Republic

The suspects allegedly organized the transport of at least a thousand illegal migrants since 2021, earning at least 1 million euros.

27/06/2023