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Joint Action Days Against Cross-Border Crime 
28 July 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
A weeklong operation took place at the end of June 2023, involving 12 EU and EU-associated countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe, Frontex, Eurojust, Europol and INTERPOL. The international operation led to the arrests of 108 people smugglers. It was conducted by Frontex standing corps … Read more
EU Frontex Organised Crime Trafficking in Human Beings Law Enforcement Cooperation
Criminal Infiltration of EU Ports 
13 June 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In a report, Europol looked into the risks and challenges for law enforcement to tackle the illicit methods of criminal networks in EU ports, exemplified with the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg/Bremerhaven. Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Hit against ‘Ndrangheta 
13 June 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 3 May 2023, an Action Day as part of an international operation resulted in the arrests of 132 ‘Ndrangheta mafia members, an Italian criminal network devoted to international drug trafficking, international firearms trafficking, and money laundering. The criminal network has massive investments in several … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Organised Crime
End of Monopoly Market 
24 May 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In a joint action conducted at the end of April and coordinated by Europol, together with authorities from nine countries from inside and outside the EU, “Monopoly Market” - an illegal dark web marketplace mainly for buying and selling drugs - was shut down. Altogether … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime Organised Crime
Genesis Market Taken Down 
24 May 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 4 April 2023, a law enforcement operation involving Europol and Eurojust shut down a notorious hacker marketplace that sold citizens' identities to criminals. The marketplace isted for sale the identities of over 2 million people. Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime Organised Crime Law Enforcement Cooperation
Hit Against Online Investment Fraud 
25 January 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Supported by Eurojust, authorities in Italy and Albania formed a Joint Investigation Team to take down an online investment fraud scheme involving the use of cryptocurrencies. The Organised Crime Group (OCG) had been operating from a call centre in Tirana. In a first step, victims … Read more
EU Eurojust Organised Crime
Hit Against Super-Cartel of Drugs Trafficking 
12 January 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Between 8-19 November 2022, an operation conducted by law enforcement authorities from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates led to the take-down of a "super-cartel" controlling one third of cocaine trade in Europe. With the support of Europol's … Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Hit against Poly-Criminal Network 
12 January 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
An action day on 22 November 2022 resulted in the arrest of 44 individuals suspected of belonging to a high-risk criminal network. Criminal organisations had been working together to carry out large-scale poly-criminal activities in and outside the EU, including drug trafficking, money laundering, … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Organised Crime
Spotlight EncroChat Turns into a Case for the CJEU 
18 November 2022 (updated 3 years, 5 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2022
The Regional Court of Berlin referred several questions to the CJEU on the activities of law enforcement authorities in conjunction with the cracking of the EncroChat communications service. They relate to the interpretation of the EIO Directive. The Berlin court believes that the collection of data in the EncroChat operation was unlawful and that the data cannot be used as evidence in German criminal proceedings against persons who used EncroChat for criminal activities. Read more
EU Organised Crime European Investigation Order Law Enforcement Cooperation
Europe’s Biggest ‘Narco-Bank’ Taken Down 
17 October 2022 (updated 3 years, 6 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 3/2022
In a joint investigation between Spanish authorities, Europol, and Eurojust, Europe’s allegedly biggest "narco-bank" was taken down at the end of September 2022. The "bank", which had been active since 2020, provided financial services to criminal organisations linked to drug trafficking in over twenty countries. Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Organised Crime
EP Demands Reinforced Protection of Wildlife 
30 September 2022
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen
In a resolution of 5 October 2022, MEPs called on Member States to step up the fight against illegal trade in wildlife fauna and flora, saying that EU legislation needs to be revised and expanded. Read more
EU Environmental Crime Organised Crime
Crack-Down of Invoice Fraud 
2 September 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of July 2022, Europol and Hungarian authorities released the results of two action days that had been carried out in November 2021. As a result, Hungarian authorities were able to arrest nearly 100 individuals suspected of defrauding public sector companies. The syndicate … Read more
EU Europol Money Laundering Organised Crime
Spotlight Germany: Federal Court of Justice Confirms Use of Evidence in EncroChat Cases 
19 May 2022 (updated 3 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2022
On 2 March 2022, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) handed down the first supreme court decision in the EncroChat cases in Germany. The Court confirmed the use of evidence which was acquired by German law enforcement authorities from French counterparts. By secret interception measures, French authorities succeeded in 2020 in dismantling a supplier that offered encrypted mobile devices that were allegedly used by criminals. Read more
EU Organised Crime European Investigation Order Law Enforcement Cooperation Data Protection
New Reports on European Illicit Markets for Cocaine and Methamphetamine 
13 May 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 6 May 2022, Europol together with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictionpublished two new online modules of reports taking a detailed look at the illicit EU markets for cocaine and for methamphetamine. The reports provide broad analyses of these markets following the supply chain from production and trafficking to distribution and use. Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
New EMPACT Cycle Started - Impact by War in Ukraine 
12 April 2022 (updated 3 years, 11 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2022
January 2022 saw the start of the new EMPACT cycle 2022-2025 to fight organised and serious international crime. In March 2022, the French Council Presidency outlined the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the EMPACT policy. Read more
EU Organised Crime Law Enforcement Cooperation
EU and Latin American Countries Improve Cooperation in Fighting Transnational Organised Crime 
7 April 2022
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 3 March 2022, the Ministers of the Interior of the Member States of the European Union and Ministers in charge of security matters of the Member States of the Latin American Committee for Internal Security (CLASI) adopted a joint declaration on the fight against … Read more
EU Organised Crime Law Enforcement Cooperation