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From streets to screens: fighting crime in the digital domain
Europol’s Innovation Lab and the European Clearing Board’s Strategic Group on Online Policing have authored a concept paper on ‘policing in an online world’. Based on practical experience collected from partners across the EU, paired with academic insight and the discussion of wider societal trends, this concept paper delivers not only a situational snapshot but a set of guiding principles.The... -
Drug ring taken down in joint sweep across Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK
Ketamine was the most trafficked drug by the gang, although the perpetrators also smuggled cocaine, heroin, crystal meth, MDMA and precursors for drug manufacture. Law enforcement authorities seized more than 225 kg of ketamine only in Belgium. The action day in July 2025 was the culmination of months of investigation. Investigators had untangled the criminal network months earlier, carrying out... -
Global operation targets NoName057(16) pro-Russian cybercrime network
The actions led to the disruption of an attack-infrastructure consisting of over one hundred computer systems worldwide, while a major part of the group's central server infrastructure was taken offline. Germany issued six warrants for the arrest of offenders living in the Russian Federation. Two of these persons are accused of being the main instigators responsible for the activities of... -
Europol signs Working Arrangement with the Public Security Directorate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
On 10 July, the Public Security Directorate (PSD) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) signed a Working Arrangement in order to support the Member States of the European Union and Jordan in preventing and combating serious and organised crime and terrorism.The Working Arrangement provides for a structured legal framework for... -
158 human traffickers arrested and 1 194 victims safeguarded in global operation
This year’s edition of the operation codenamed ‘Global Chain’ took place from 1 to 6 June 2025 and was led by law enforcement in Austria and Romania, with coordination and support from Europol, Frontex and INTERPOL. It aimed to detect and disrupt High-Value-Targets and organised crime groups – responsible for most human trafficking cases – as well as safeguarding victims,...
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