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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

The Guardian - US

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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.

Reuters

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Dublin Live

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

Wales Online

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.

WEKU

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.

Evening Standard

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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Police bring down European cocaine "super cartel"

Europol says 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

Reuters

Europol says 49 arrested in cocaine cartel takedown; 30 tonnes of drugs seized

European policing agency Europol said on Monday it had helped co-ordinate the takedown of a cartel managed from the United Arab Emirates believed to control up to a third of Europe's cocaine trade.

The Independent UK

Thousands defrauded in £48m hoax which let scammers impersonate high street banks

More than 200,000 potential victims in the UK alone have been directly targeted through fraud website

Daily Mirror

70,000 scammed in biggest ever phone fraud with MORE victims to be contacted today

Victims are believed to have lost tens of millions of pounds to the “international one stop spoofing shop” that enabled criminals to appear as if they were calling from their bank

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Liverpool Echo

One of 'world's worst' hackers who targeted Merseyrail arrested

The 33-year-old is believed to have extorted millions of dollars from companies and organisations across the world

Liverpool Echo

'Narco bank' funding gangsters across Europe taken down in Spanish raids

The organisation was described as the biggest such money laundering system in Europe

Reuters

Spanish police dismantle Europe's largest drug 'bank'

Spanish police said on Friday they had dismantled a criminal gang they believe was the largest financier of drug trafficking in Europe.

Benzinga

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…

Reuters

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.

Liverpool Echo

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

Zenger

British Gang Busted In Ibiza With Record Pink Cocaine Haul

Police in Spain have busted a largely British gang with 28 pounds of pink cocaine, half a million dollars in cash, and firearms including a submachine gun.

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