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Spanish authorities arrest a man, part of Europol's Operation Desert Light, a multinational bust of a cocaine super-cartel. (YouTube video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2022, 6:33 pm
Police in Dubai, elsewhere bust ‘super-cartel’ running 1/3 of Europe’s cocaine trade
49 arrested across several countries, including ‘big fish’ linked to suspected Dutch mob lord who was caught in the UAE three years ago
By Danny Kemp
Police enter a building on May 11, 2021, in connection with an 'action day' against alleged investment fradusters. (Rheinland Pflaz Police)
June 3, 2021, 11:14 pm
Israeli and European police arrest suspects in Israel-run investment fraud
On May 11, police in several countries carried out arrests and searches in connection with the allegedly fraudulent websites: Tradorax, Tradervc, Kayafx, Kontofx and Libramarkets
By Simona Weinglass
This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo of a staff member as he turns on the light in a lab at the Cybercrime Center at Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
July 3, 2020, 10:08 am
Hundreds arrested after European police hack crime chat network
French and Dutch police say they hacked the EncroChat network so they could read millions of messages ‘over the shoulders’ of suspects as they communicated via custom-made devices
By Danny Kemp, Jan Hennop and Renaud Lavergne
Police officers stand guard near the residential homes of the employees of Toennies abatoir, in Verl, western Germany on June 23, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (FASSBENDER/AFP)
June 23, 2020, 9:26 pm
Europol warns virus lockdown could fuel terrorist radicalization
EU’s police agency says both right-wing and left-wing violence are on the rise, with discontent and fear-mongering escalating
By AFP
FILE - Spanish policemen walk in front of a Madrid court, on August 22, 2017, before the arrival of four men suspected of involvement in the terror cell that carried out twin attacks in Spain. (AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys)
December 15, 2018, 1:53 pm
Spanish police arrest three behind anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi website
Authorities say online portal was one of most influential neo-Nazi sites in world, aimed to propagate hatred among Spanish-speaking followers
By AFP
Illustrative: Migrants are led into the Migrants Reception Center near Algerciras, Spain, Thursday, August 9, 2018. (AP/Javier Fergo)
November 11, 2018, 4:50 pm
European police smash ring smuggling Palestinians with ‘bogus asylum claims’
Officers arrest 9 people in Spain and France accused of charging $9,000 per person to provide Palestinians with faked versions of travel documents issued to refugees in Lebanon
By AFP
Phone fraud (Illustrative image: iStock)
July 28, 2018, 2:37 am
Israeli police arrest 8 French-speakers for allegedly scamming French businesses
Working from an apartment in Ashdod, suspects alleged to call companies in France and charge them for ‘permits’ certifying they are accessible to the disabled
By ToI Staff
Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich with Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle in The Hague, July 17, 2018 (courtesy Europol)
July 17, 2018, 10:42 pm
Israel and EU ink agreement on fighting organized crime, cybercrime, terrorism
Amid crisis in bilateral relations, Europol inks first-ever agreement with the police force of a non-EU member state
By Raphael Ahren
File: This July 16, 2013, photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
January 13, 2018, 12:26 am
Facebook joins Europol talks to fight Islamist propaganda
Representatives from social network and European agency aim to ‘identify and secure the swift removal of terrorist and violent extremism content’
By AFP
Illustrative: This photograph, posed as an illustration on May 12, 2017, shows the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a problem in its network, taken outside the Department of Health in London. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
May 14, 2017, 2:20 pm
Friday cyberattack hit 200,000 victims in over 150 countries
EU police agency chief warns victim tally in ‘unprecedented’ attack may grow as people return to work Monday to find locked computers
By AFP
A Jewish boy stands with flowers in front of a makeshift memorial outside the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where a deadly shooting took place two days before, May 26, 2014. (AFP/Belga/Anthony Dehez)
March 15, 2017, 4:28 am
Spanish police show off massive haul of seized weapons
Investigation launched following a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May 2014 that killed four people
By AFP
The Europol headquarters in The Hague (AFP PHOTO/ANP/LEX VAN LIESHOUT)
January 21, 2017, 8:50 pm
FBI, EU fraud authorities hold emergency summit on binary options fraud
Unprecedented session at The Hague comes as Israeli police still largely fail to act against multi-billion dollar plague of criminality that has flourished from Israel for almost a decade
By Simona Weinglass
Dutch policemen stand guard by a cordoned off area outside Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport late on April 12, 2016. (AFP/ANP/Michel van Bergen)
December 9, 2016, 6:31 pm
Dutch police detain man with rifle, image of IS flag at home
30-year-old suspected of planning terrorist act; ammo, cell phones and cash also found at Rotterdam residence
By AP and AFP
Europol director Rob Wainwright poses for a picture during an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
December 2, 2016, 7:00 pm
Europol warns of new IS terror threats to Europe
EU agency is currently assisting more than 50 counterterrorism investigations across the continent
By Mike Corder
A woman and her children look on as migrants and refugees wait to cross the Greece-Macedonia border in the rain on November 27, 2015 near Gevgelija. (AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI)
January 31, 2016, 11:05 pm
Over 10,000 migrant children missing, European police say
EU agency suspects many have been whisked into sex trafficking rings or slave trade in past 2 years
By AFP
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