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Digital tracking on encrypted platforms leads to drugs smuggling bust, Europol says

Operation Bulut, coordinated by Europol, led to nearly 300 arrests across Europe and made extensive use of encrypted platforms to track criminals' communications.

Euronews

Over 230 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks

Europol said the investigation, codenamed Operation Bulut, took place across multiple jurisdictions and involved authorities in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

Euronews

European companies risk sanctions breaches amid surge in shady transactions, report claims

According to a report by the Catholic University of Milan presented to Europol, global markets, real-time transactions and transnational crime are exposing European companies to great risks. Euronews unpicks why.

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Operation Endgame follow-up leads to detentions across Smoakloader ecosystem

Smokeloader customers were arrested, and their homes searched in a follow-up to the 2024 Operation Endgame.

TechRadar

The European Commission wants a backdoor for end-to-end encryptions for law enforcement

A new security strategy has been revealed by the EU Commission, with E2EE backdoors at its heart.

TechRadar

How transnational mafia bosses became the new generals of hybrid warfare

Europol’s report “EU Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment 2025” spotlights “DNA mutation” of organised crime, an alarming destabilizing factor for democratic political systems through war and new technologies

Euronews

Threats on EU Stability- AI-Powered Crime and Foreign Influence

Destabilisation is not only about getting money anymore. It's also about helping ideologically oriented states to reach their goals, Europol Director Catherine De Bolle tells Radio Schuman.

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Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol

Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency finds

The Guardian - UK

AI is turbocharging organized crime, EU police agency warns

The European Union’s law enforcement agency is warning that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization efforts

The Independent UK

AI 'Reshaping' Organised Crime, Warns Europol

Artificial intelligence is turbocharging organised crime, from creating child sexual abuse images to money laundering via cryptocurrency, Europol warned Tuesday, with advances like quantum computing only poised to make things worse.

International Business Times

Global Operation Arrests 25 In AI-Generated Child Abuse Material Case

Europol's Operation Cumberland arrests 25 individuals in a global operation targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material, emphasizing the need for in...

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13 people arrested in Croatia for illegally disposing of hazardous waste, Europol says

The European Union’s law enforcement agency says 13 people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste have been arrested in Croatia

The Independent UK

Beethoven and Marie Curie compete with birds to appear on new euro notes

European Central Bank picks two themes for redesign submissions: ‘iconic personalities’ or rivers and birds

The Guardian - UK

Global police operation takes down major cybercrime and hacking forums

Two forums with 10 million users were shut down, and two people were arrested.

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The Guardian - UK

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis

The Independent UK

Europol dismantles network of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

International Business Times

Portugal, Spain, France Bust Contaminated Seafood Ring

A European operation has spared revelers a potential food poisoning nightmare before Christmas, seizing 30 tons of mollusks illegally fished in polluted waters and arresting 62 suspects, authorities said on Thursday.

International Business Times

End Of The Dubai Dream For Europe's Drug Lords?

Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia -- used to hang out and party in Dubai's glitzy hotels and restaurants without a care in the world.

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Europol announces takedown of major DDoS-for-hire network

Europol has disrupted a number of major DDoS booster sites, used to launch attacks during holiday period.

Top News

UK And Germany Join Forces Against Channel Migrant Smuggling

UK and Germany collaborate to combat people-smuggling across the English Channel, focusing on intelligence sharing and law enforcement cooperation.

The Independent UK

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

The U.K. and Germany have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats

The Guardian - UK

Police raid migrant smuggling ring accused over small boat Channel crossings

More than 500 officers participated in the operation, which was co-ordinated with British, French and European agencies

TechRadar

Police crack encrypted chat service MATRIX used by criminals

European authorities have disrupted and deciphered a chat service used by criminals.

The Independent UK

World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries

Websites hosting streams of movies, TV shows and live sporting events knocked offline as part of Operation Takendown

Evening Standard

Fact check: There has been a 50% rise in British officers stationed with Europol

The Prime Minister claimed that the number of UK officers in Europol had doubled.

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