Italy and Romania take down cyber fraud ring generating €20 million per year in criminal profits | Europol Newsroom – July 7, 2020

(Europol Newsroom) The criminal group was using a large network of money mules in Italy to launder their criminal profits from a variety of cybercrime activities.

The Italian National Postal and Communication Police Unit (Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni) and the Romanian National Police (Poliția Română), supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled an organised criminal group involved in financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering. →

46 MEMBERS OF THE SICILIAN MAFIA COSA NOSTRA ARRESTED | Europol Newsroom – July 2, 2020

(Europol Newsroom) On 1 July, Europol coordinated the international police operation which resulted in the dismantlement of the Sicilian Mafia Cosa Nostra crime syndicate of Barrafranca. Operation Ultra was led by the Italian Special Operation Department (R.O.S. Caltanissetta) of the Carabinieri (Arma dei Carabinieri), the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) and the Landeskriminalamt of Niedersachsen.

The suspects were involved in drug trafficking, the use of firearms, as well as extortion and corruption in public tenders. The suspect identified in Germany was taking advantage of his residence in another country to support and re-organise both the criminal assets of the Mafia clan in Sicily and the drug trafficking routes used to fund the criminal organisation. →

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Dismantling of an encrypted network sends shockwaves through organised crime groups across Europe | Europol Newsroom – July 2, 2020

(Europol Newsroom) At a joint press conference today, French and Dutch law enforcement and judicial authorities, Europol and Eurojust have presented the impressive results of a joint investigation team to dismantle EncroChat, an encrypted phone network widely used by criminal networks.

Over the last months, the joint investigation made it possible to intercept, share and analyse millions of messages that were exchanged between criminals to plan serious crimes. For an important part, these messages were read by law enforcement in real time, over the shoulder of the unsuspecting senders. →

Police recover ‘millions’ in stolen treasures after busting archaeological crime gang in Bulgaria — Europol/Newsroom – June 25, 2020

Operation MEDICUS

(Europol/Newsroom) An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in Bulgaria and trafficked stolen archaeological goods whose total worth exceeds several millions of euros has been broken up as a result of an international police operation coordinated by Europol.

8 individuals were arrested and some 4,600 archaeological items were recovered as a result of this sting. →

Exploiting isolation: sexual predators increasingly targeting children during COVID pandemic — EUROPOL Newsroom – June 19 ,2020

A further increase in sharing of child abuse material online, sexual coercion and extortion of children is expected

(EUROPOL Newsroom) Video calls with friends and family, social media interaction, online games, educational use: during the corona lockdown children’s lives promptly shifted even further from the real world into an online virtual one. Sex offenders have found in this development a tempting opportunity to access a broader group of potential victims. The report published today by Europol shines a light on the increased sharing of child sexual exploitation images online and how to confront this serious threat to children’s safety.

To confront this threat, law enforcement has also increased its efforts to tackle this severe crime, which sees a child being re-victimised every time an image is shared. →

Two print shops producing fake EU documents dismantled in Paris — EUROPOL Newsroom – June 18, 2020

The criminal group was distributing forged, stolen and lost documents to irregular migrants across Europe

(EUROPOL NEWSROOM) The French Border Police (Police Aux Frontières) within the French National Police (Police Nationale), supported by Europol, dismantled a large criminal network involved in document fraud.

On the action days, 16 and 17 June, officers from the French Border Police raided four houses and arrested three individuals suspected of forgery of documents. During the house searches technical equipment such as a dye diffusion thermal re-transfer printer, two laminators, 1150 blank plastic supports for ID cards and driving licences, holographic bands, as well as sixteen counterfeited ID cards (Belgium, Spanish and Italian), ID photos of customers and forged breeder documents were seized. →

Deep State Is Behind The Plandemic And Rioting To Usher In The New World Order | Humans Are Free – June 3, 2020

Against New World Order

(Humans Are Free)

As our world changes rapidly right before our very eyes, it has been very well established, at least for those who follow the alternative media and not the propaganda corporate media, that there is an overall plan in place that is being implemented at a very fast pace, and of course the natural questions being asked by those who realize this is: Who is behind all of this?

It is not a new plan. It is a plan that has existed for a very long time, and those who are working to implement the plan are not even hiding it anymore as we have previously reported.

It is a plan for a New World Order, and we have covered this in previous articles. →

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26 arrested for smuggling irregular migrants through Belgium and France — Newsroom – May 27, 2020

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The criminal network provided transport and hiding locations in the two transit countries

Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium and France, supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled a large criminal network involved in migrant smuggling.

On the action day on 26 May 2020, officers from the Belgian Federal Police (Federale Politie/Police Fédérale) and the French Illegal Immigration Agency (OCRIEST) from the French Border Police (Police aux frontières) carried out 27 house searches (15 in the Brussels-Capital Region and 12 in and around Paris). The operational activities led to the arrests of 26 suspected members of the criminal network (13 in Belgium and 13 in France) and the seizure of three vehicles, cash and electronic equipment. In total, 21 irregular migrants were found and put to safety. →

Doping trafficking ring with professional athletes dismantled in Italy — Newsroom – May 15, 2020

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Four traffickers have been arrested, another 64 individuals are under investigation

The Italian Carabinieri Corps (NAS Carabinieri), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network trafficking illegal medicines and doping substances.

On the action day on 14 May 2020, Italian law enforcement authorities arrested four suspected traffickers. The Carabinieri carried out 210 house searches targeting 74 competitive athletes registered to sports federations, 11 gym owners and 4 owners of food supplement stores, located all over Italy. Italian authorities are investigating another 64 individuals for their suspected involvement in the criminal activities; 30 others have been charged with less serious crimes. The seizures included 936 packs of medicines used for doping purposes, 4 437 tablets and 7 778 vials of various doping products for a total estimated value of more than €100 000. →

MAJOR INVESTMENT FRAUD GANG BUSTED IN BULGARIA AND SERBIA | EUROPOL – April 8, 2020

Total losses estimated in the region of €80 million

EUROPOL April 7, 2020

A large criminal network involved in fraud, money laundering and social engineering was dismantled in an international investigation. Europol and Eurojust supported the investigation which involved law enforcement and judicial authorities from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany and Serbia.

The action day, which took place in Belgrade and Sofia, went ahead on 2 April despite the current lockdown. Law enforcement authorities from Bulgaria and Serbia carried out 11 house searches and arrested 9 individuals (5 in Serbia and 4 in Bulgaria). Two of the leaders of the criminal network were arrested in Sofia. The seizures include five properties in Serbia, €2.5 million from a bank account in Germany, electronic equipment and other evidential material. Additionally, 30 other bank accounts were put under surveillance. →

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