Police arrest 43 and seize 520 million euros in Europe-wide probe into mafia and tax evasion
4 months, 1 week ago

Police arrest 43 and seize 520 million euros in Europe-wide probe into mafia and tax evasion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police across Europe arrested 43 people and seized 520 million euros in a European investigation into a criminal conspiracy to evade VAT through money laundering and mafia activity, the European public prosecutors’ office and Italian police said on Thursday. They said the investigation concerns tax fraud in the trading of IT products and electronic devices within the EU and involves around 400 companies with 200 suspects, mainly in Italy and several European countries, but also in the United Arab Emirates. “It has been a while since we started to ring the alarm bell about dangerous organised crime groups heavy involvement in fraud to the EU budget”, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kavesi said in a statement.

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Italian police swoop on organized crime gang network
10 months, 1 week ago

Italian police swoop on organized crime gang network

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-05-16 09:42 A general view ahead of a trial against 355 suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta mafia, accused of an array of charges, in a High Security Courthouse in Lamezia Terme, Italy, Jan 13, 2021. Law enforcement agencies in Italy have detained more than 100 suspected members of the …

Police arrest 22 in EU raids linked to suspected theft of Italy’s pandemic funds worth $650 million
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest 22 in EU raids linked to suspected theft of Italy’s pandemic funds worth $650 million

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia arrested 22 people Thursday as part of an investigation into the suspected siphoning of hundreds millions of euros in post-pandemic relief funds from the European Union. According to EU figures, Italy’s national recovery and resilience plan is the largest in the bloc, worth 194.4 billion euros in grants and loans and …

Raids in Netherlands part of massive EU VAT fraud case involving 10,000 cars
1 year, 9 months ago

Raids in Netherlands part of massive EU VAT fraud case involving 10,000 cars

NL Times  

Police and tax investigators in seven countries, including the Netherlands, raided over 450 addresses in an extensive investigation into VAT fraud involving the international trade of some 10,000 cars. According to EPPO, the suspects achieved a turnover of around 225 million euros and caused at least 38 million euros in VAT damage with their scheme. After that, they sold the …

Anti-mafia raids lead to more than 100 arrests across Europe
1 year, 10 months ago

Anti-mafia raids lead to more than 100 arrests across Europe

Al Jazeera  

An operation against the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia takes place in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Police across several European countries have arrested more than 100 people as part of an operation to clamp down on the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Calabria-based ’Ndrangheta is one of the richest and most powerful organised crime groups in Europe and is estimated to …

Police raid more European Union Parliament offices in corruption probe
2 years, 3 months ago

Police raid more European Union Parliament offices in corruption probe

The Hindu  

Belgian police conducted more raids at European Parliament offices on Dec. 12 as the legislature’s President pledged to launch an internal investigation into corruption allegations and the bloc’s top official called for the creation of an EU-wide independent ethics body. Police conducted Monday’s raids at European Parliament offices in Brussels to seize computer data belonging to 10 Parliamentary assistants, prosecutors …

Europol: Spanish police crack Europe´s biggest ‘narco bank’
2 years, 5 months ago

Europol: Spanish police crack Europe´s biggest ‘narco bank’

Associated Press  

MADRID — The European Union police agency Europol said Friday that Spanish police have dismantled an organized crime group believed to have been running Europe’s biggest “narco-bank,” used to launder proceeds from international drug trafficking. Europol said the group provided financial services to crime gangs linked to drug trafficking in more than twenty countries across the world. Spanish police said …

Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan
2 years, 9 months ago

Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italian agents on Tuesday confiscated …

Over 150 arrested in global crackdown on Darknet traders
3 years, 5 months ago

Over 150 arrested in global crackdown on Darknet traders

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 150 people have …

More Than 150 Arrested in Global Crackdown on Darknet Traders: Dutch Media
3 years, 5 months ago

More Than 150 Arrested in Global Crackdown on Darknet Traders: Dutch Media

News 18  

At least 150 people have been arrested by European and U.S. authorities after a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet e-commerce sites, Dutch media reported Tuesday citing police agency Europol. Cash and cryptocurrency worth 26.7 million euros and 234 kilograms of drugs were also seized, according to Dutch broadcaster KRO-NRCV. According to the …

Police claim ‘complete takedown’ of major Albanian drug traffickers
4 years, 6 months ago

Police claim ‘complete takedown’ of major Albanian drug traffickers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Its name is Kompania Bello, …

Warning: Italy’s Mafias eye EU’s billions in recovery funds
4 years, 8 months ago

Warning: Italy’s Mafias eye EU’s billions in recovery funds

Associated Press  

ROME — Italy’s anti-Mafia investigators issued a dramatic warning Friday that mobsters will scheme to get some of hundreds of billions of euros in European Union recovery aid after the pandemic. As EU country leaders were huddling in Brussels about the amount and conditions for aid, the paramilitary general heading Italy’s anti-Mafia investigative agency DIA said mobsters are surely already …

Five arrested in €1 million money laundering case
4 years, 9 months ago

Five arrested in €1 million money laundering case

NL Times  

A total of five people were arrested last week on suspicion of involvement in the laundering of around 1 million euros in criminally earned money, the Public Prosecutor said on Monday. While searching various properties, the authorities seized almost 200 thousand euros in cash, multiple vehicles, expensive watches, drugs, and two firearms. The FIOD and police searched a total of …

Five arrested in NL in Europe-wide crackdown on mafia
6 years, 3 months ago

Five arrested in NL in Europe-wide crackdown on mafia

Dutch News  

Five people have been arrested in the Netherlands as part of a Europe-wide campaign against a Calabrian mafia organisation, which has resulted in 84 arrests, the pan-European legal cooperation body Eurojust said on Wednesday. ‘Step by step, the authorities involved in Operation Pollino, including investigative judges, worked very intensively together to fit together the pieces, and pooled their knowledge and …

Five arrested in NL in Europe-wide crackdown on mafia
6 years, 3 months ago

Five arrested in NL in Europe-wide crackdown on mafia

Dutch News  

Five people have been arrested in the Netherlands as part of a Europe-wide campaign against a Calabrian mafia organisation, which has resulted in 84 arrests, the pan-European legal cooperation body Eurojust said on Wednesday. ‘Step by step, the authorities involved in Operation Pollino, including investigative judges, worked very intensively together to fit together the pieces, and pooled their knowledge and …

The Latest: Police arrest about 90 in raids on Italian mafia
6 years, 3 months ago

The Latest: Police arrest about 90 in raids on Italian mafia

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The Latest on raids on the Italian mob across Europe : 12:10 p.m. Police say they have arrested about 90 suspected mafia members in a series of coordinated raids in four European countries. The arrests in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium came as part of an investigation codenamed Pollino that was launched in 2016 against the ‘ndrangheta …

Sicily's economy is so depressed even the mafia is moving to Germany to find jobs
7 years, 8 months ago

Sicily's economy is so depressed even the mafia is moving to Germany to find jobs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In addition to being squeezed over the past two …

Mafia took control of migrant centre for a decade, received tens of millions of euros from state funds, Italian police say
7 years, 10 months ago

Mafia took control of migrant centre for a decade, received tens of millions of euros from state funds, Italian police say

ABC  

Italian mobsters took charge of one of Europe's largest migrant reception centres, using a Roman Catholic charity organisation as a cover to skim millions of euros in state funds, prosecutors have revealed. Key points: Police says tens of millions of euros ended up in hands of mobsters Arrests made during early morning raids Immigration centre could house up to 1,200 …

Euro 2016: Over 4,100 people arrested worldwide as part of £500m illegal betting operation
8 years, 8 months ago

Euro 2016: Over 4,100 people arrested worldwide as part of £500m illegal betting operation

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 4,100 people were arrested in co-ordinated …

Three arrested in EU investigation into illegal horse meat trade (update)
9 years, 11 months ago

Three arrested in EU investigation into illegal horse meat trade (update)

Dutch News  

Three people have been arrested in the Netherlands and 15 companies raided in a Europe-wide investigation into the sale of illegal horse meat. In particular, attention has been focused on a company in Limburg which is suspected of forging horse passports, allowing horses which were not considered fit for human consumption to end up in the food chain. Horse passports …

Three arrested in EU investigation into illegal horse meat trade (update)
9 years, 11 months ago

Three arrested in EU investigation into illegal horse meat trade (update)

Dutch News  

Three people have been arrested in the Netherlands and 15 companies raided in a Europe-wide investigation into the sale of illegal horse meat. In particular, attention has been focused on a company in Limburg which is suspected of forging horse passports, allowing horses which were not considered fit for human consumption to end up in the food chain. Horse passports …

Twenty million euros snatched in underground banking bust-ups
10 years, 1 month ago

Twenty million euros snatched in underground banking bust-ups

NL Times  

The police an Public Prosecution seized nearly 20 million euros in criminal money from underground bankers in 2014, the Public Prosecutor reports. Criminals use underground banking to transfer the proceeds of crime out of sight of the government, usually using several intermediaries. The bankers work from shops, businesses or homes and cash couriers often transport the money in shoe boxes, …

Over 1,000 arrested in EU crackdown on organised crimes
10 years, 6 months ago

Over 1,000 arrested in EU crackdown on organised crimes

India TV News  

The Hague: As many as 1,027 people were arrested in a large-scale police operation against drug and human traffickers across Europe this month, the Hague-based European police organisation Europol announced on Wednesday. Law enforcement officers from 34 countries took part in the largest-ever coordinated operation against organised crime in the European Union, Xinhua quoted Europol as saying. "Operation Archimedes is …

Italian tax police look at HSBC Swiss accounts
14 years, 10 months ago

Italian tax police look at HSBC Swiss accounts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The near 7,000 HSBC bank …

Seven held over 'carbon credits' fraud
15 years, 7 months ago

Seven held over 'carbon credits' fraud

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seven people were arrested in …

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