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Global operation takes down dark web drug marketplace

European Union law enforcement agency Europol says police around the world have seized an online marketplace and arrested nearly 300 people allegedly involved in buying and selling drugs on the dark web

The Independent UK

Europol-led sting nabs 288 dark web vendors, haul of drugs

Law enforcement authorities in nine countries have shut down the illegal dark web marketplace "Monopoly Market" and arrested 288 suspects involved in buying or selling drugs via the portal, European Union police force Europol said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Europol denies claim that cybercrime website Genesis Market is still online

The Europol law enforcement agency has told FRANCE 24 that the "whole infrastructure" of popular cybercrime website Genesis Market has been taken down by an international police consortium, after claims it was still active on the dark web. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.

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The FBI has shut down one of the world's biggest cyber fraud platforms

The FBI, Europol, and multiple national police forces join to take down Genesis.Market.

TechRadar

Europol warns ChatGPT is being used to commit crime

Criminals are using ChatGPT to get concrete steps on how to conduct criminal activity.

TechRadar

Music piracy in Italy was a major criminal activity – it should not be romanticised

Letter: Let’s not be taken in by fanciful tales that seek to justify or even glorify music piracy, says Enzo Mazza

The Guardian - UK

Elite garda units team up with European cops for anti-terror exercise that started in Dublin

Officers from the National Surveillance and the Emergency Response units played a key role in exercise Firestorm, that involved officers from eight other countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

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Elite Garda units take part in Europe-wide anti-terror exercise - that started in Dublin

Officers played a key role in exercise Firestorm, that involved officers from eight other countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

Irish Mirror

European police, FBI bust international cybercrime gang

German police say they have disrupted a ransomware-sowing international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years

The Independent UK

That Time We Tried To Make Sense of a Statistic in a New York Times Story on Deepfakes

Deepfakes aren't nearly as dangerous as the tried-and-true technique of saying something misleading with the imprimatur of authority.

Reason

Gardaí help take down criminals deemed 'international security threat' in major operation

Since November 2022, more than 1,300 companies worldwide have been victim to the associates of the HIVE Ransomware Group and have paid almost €100 million in ransom payments

Irish Mirror

U.S. infiltrates big ransomware gang: ‘We hacked the hackers’

U.S. officials and foreign partners said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world’s top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted health care.

Chicago Sun-Times

Italy, Albania drug-trafficking network dismantled, says Europol

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a network of drug traffickers in Italy and Albania, Europe's Europol police agency said on Thursday.

Reuters

Counterfeiting, contraband, cocaine: how Panama’s trade hub lost its lustre

Colón’s free trade zone was meant to be hub for the Americas but it has become a byword for drugs, gangs and violence

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Reuters

Mexican cartels and EU criminals cooperate to smuggle drugs to Europe and beyond-report

Mexican cartels and criminal groups in the European Union work together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to Europe, according to a report published on Wednesday by Europol and the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration.

Reuters

'Magnitsky' dirty Russian money laundering suspect arrested in Spain

A woman has been arrested as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the 219 million euro ($233 million) Magnitsky corruption case in Russia, Spain and the Europol international police body said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Freezes Draft Agreement With Israeli Police

The European Union informed Israeli Ambassador Haim Regev that it will not be moving forward with a draft agreement for intelligence cooperation between the Israeli police and the European Police Agency, Europol, political sources in Tel Aviv said Wednesday. The sources told Haaretz newspaper that the decision is the first…

Reuters

Brazil vessel carrying cocaine worth over 150 million euros intercepted by French Navy

A Brazilian vessel carrying more than 4.6 tonnes of cocaine worth over 150 million euros ($157.4 million) was intercepted last week by the French Navy off the coast of Sierra Leone, the Europol international police agency said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Cracking apps: are crimefighters going too far to bring down cartels?

Deciphering encryption is said to have upended a vast drug network, but some say the method should worry us all

Dublin Live

Super Cartel linked to Daniel Kinahan smashed by European cops

The Civil Guard, one of the police forces involved in the operation coordinated by Europol, revealed yesterday 49 people had been arrested in Spain, France, Belgium, Holland and Dubai

Wales Online

Cocaine ‘super cartel’ brought down by cops in six countries

The cartel controlled about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, the European Union crime agency said

WEKU

A cartel allegedly responsible for a third of Europe's cocaine has been busted

"The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects' control and command was massive," Europol said, adding that the suspects used encrypted communications to organize drugs shipments.

Evening Standard

British drug baron among leaders of ‘super cartel’ arrested in Europe wide cocaine bust

A British drug lord is believed to be among 49 arrested as police forces in Europe united to bust a “super cartel” running a third of the continent’s cocaine trade.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Police Smash European Cocaine 'Super Cartel,' Arrest 49

Law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, the European Union crime agency said on Monday. Europol said 49 suspects have been arrested during the investigation, with the latest…

The Independent UK

Police arrest 49 as they break up European drugs ‘super cartel’

Over 30 tonnes of drugs seized in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UAE

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