The Latest Breaking News from Europol

Losing the fight against financial compliance - but it can be fixed!

Financial compliance is not a mere checklist for entities to tick off. With it comes the expectation that the companies fulfil the intent behind the regulatory obligation to mitigate the risks that come with money. There is an obvious gap between the intent and the results — financial compliance is…

Benzinga · Oct 11, 2022

Europol data practices target of EU privacy watchdog lawsuit

EU data protection watchdog EDPS has asked Europe's top court to scrap amended rules allowing Europol to retroactively legalise its processing of personal data of people with no links to criminal activity, saying the rules undermine its authority.

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

Mafia syndicate linked to torture and murder arrested across Ibiza, Malaga and Tenerife

Spanish police arrested 32 suspects in connection with large scale drug trafficking and money laundering

Liverpool Echo · Sep 20, 2022

Terror Threat in EU Member States Remains High Despite Drop in Attacks

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, indicated Wednesday that the number of attacks within the EU member states has decreased, yet terrorism still poses a real and present danger to the bloc. In its annual European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT), the Europol affirmed that 15 completed,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 14, 2022

‘Europol ploy’: mass phone scam defrauds Germans of millions of euros

Scammers impersonate Europol officers, going for quantity over quality, exploiting a design flaw in telecoms infrastructure

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

People smugglers buying small boats directly from manufacturers

The NCA is working with its international network to find the suppliers of the boats to try to stem supply.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

People-smuggling trade ‘generated around 60 million euro in 2021’

More than 100 boats were seized during a day of action across multiple countries on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

European police arrest 39 in crackdown on migrant smuggling gang

Police in five European countries have arrested 39 people in a major cross-border operation targeting an Iraqi-Kurdish gang which smuggled migrants across the Channel to Britain, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jul 6, 2022

Arrests made in ‘biggest ever’ operation to tackle Channel people-smuggling

Dozens of raids are also taking place in Germany, France and the Netherlands as part of a joint operation with Europol and Eurojust.

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Police arrest 130 suspected human traffickers in European crackdown

Police across Europe have arrested abut 130 people suspected of inolvement in human trafficking in a joint operation carried out by 22 countries, the international police agency Europol said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022