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1 week, 2 days ago

AI is turbocharging organized crime, EU police agency warns

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday 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- The grim warning came at the launch of the latest edition of a report on organized crime published every four years by Europol that …

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1 week, 3 days ago

"Violence as a service": Europol very concerned about criminals recruiting teens online

NL Times

Europol is very concerned about organized crime recruiting teenagers via social media to carry out violence. In its quadrennial threat assessment on organized crime, the European policing service described this “violence as a service” as a new and serious threat to European citizens. “Because of how order givers recruit the perpetrators of very serious crimes such as extortion, kidnapping, and …

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1 month ago

Gang arrested over distributing AI-generated child abuse images

The Independent

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1 month ago

Dutch police help take down AI child porn ring; 25 arrested worldwide

NL Times

The Dutch police participated in an operation against child pornography generated by artificial intelligence. The Dutch police had cease-and-desist conversations with four persons suspected of buying AI-generated child pornography. “Not only because child pornography made with AI cannot always be distinguished from ‘real’ abuse images, but also because real abuse material is used to create child pornographic AI images. In …

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1 month, 1 week ago

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

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press

ZAGREB, Croatia — Thirteen people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste have been arrested in Croatia, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said Friday. Croatian authorities believe the criminal network also illegally buried and dumped medical waste from Croatian companies, it said. The Croatian office tasked with fighting organized crime and corruption said illegal waste disposal has …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Europol body: Banks should prepare for quantum computer risk now

Live Mint

AMSTERDAM, Feb 7 - Europe's financial sector should start preparing now for quantum computers to be able to break some forms of encryption widely used to protect sensitive data, a Europol-led body set up to address the issue said on Friday. "For the financial industry, the advent of quantum computers poses a risk to customer confidentiality and peer communications, authentication …

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2 months ago

Dutch criminals hired for violent attacks in German drugs gang war; 23 arrested

NL Times

Dutch criminals were hired to carry out a series of violent attacks in Germany, including kidnappings and the use of explosives, amid an escalating feud among gangs involved in drug trafficking, Europol announced on Thursday. The dispute originated in Cologne, Germany, where a disagreement led one party to hire Dutch criminals to conduct retaliatory attacks on German soil, Europol alleged. …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspect in pregnant Chinese student's murder in Haarlem now on Europol most wanted list

NL Times

Europol has added Jian Xia, a Chinese national, to its Most Wanted list for his alleged involvement in the 2004 murder of a pregnant woman in Haarlem. Following the murder, Xia is alleged to have stolen personal belongings from the victim, including her bank card. Jian Xia is one of 24 new names added to Europol’s Most Wanted list. Among …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch, French police take down Matrix encrypted message service

Dutch News

Dutch and French police have taken down a new sophisticated encrypted messaging service known as Matrix, after monitoring messages from potential criminals over the past three months. Matrix was discovered by Dutch police who were looking into the phone of one of the people convicted of murdering journalist Peter R de Vries in 2021. “It was soon clear that the …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Netherlands among 13 countries in global terrorism propaganda busts; Spain arrests 9

NL Times

Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The Netherlands was directly involved in one of the police actions, with Dutch authorities seizing computer servers and Spanish police arresting …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Massive International Police Operation Takes Down Ransomware Networks, Arrests 4 Suspects

Deccan Chronicle

The Hague: Police coordinated by the European Union's justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest ever international operation against the lucrative form of cybercrime. The European Union's judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, said on Thursday that police arrested four high value suspects, took down more than …

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11 months ago

Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’

Associated Press

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Law enforcement officers in Bosnia arrested 23 people suspected of belonging to a “global drug kingpin’s inner circle,” including police and security officials, in a clampdown on criminal networks controlling much of Europe’s cocaine trade, authorities said Tuesday. Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, and Bosnian officials said the suspects were detained Monday as security forces …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says

Associated Press

Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. “However, looking at the locations of their core activities, the vast majority maintain a strong geographical focus and do not extend their core activities too broadly,” Europol said. As record amounts of cocaine are being seized in …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch organized crime among Europe’s worst in drug trade, tax fraud & people smuggling

NL Times

Dutch criminals are extensively involved in drug trafficking throughout Europe, Europol said in a report mapping out the most dangerous criminal networks on the continent. According to the European police organization, Dutch criminals are involved in criminal networks trafficking every drug it looked at. Dutch criminals are also well represented in the 34 criminal networks involved in tax fraud and …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Extra virgin olive oil is getting very expensive. And it might not even be real

CNN

CNN — Olive oil has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet and culture for millennia. But behind the most popular extra virgin olive oils in the world - produced in Italy, Spain and Greece - are equally lucrative criminal enterprises cashing in on the gold rush by selling fake liquid gold that uses sunflower, canola or even lamp oil …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Olive oil scandal fires EU food safety doubts

China Daily

A worker loads crates of olives onto a truck for transportation to an oil mill for processing, in Imperia, on Nov 3, 2023. The safety of Europe's food was called into question this week when police in Italy and Spain seized contaminated cooking oil being sold as high-end products. Spain's Guardia Civil, Italy's Carabinieri, and the European Union's law enforcement …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Keir Starmer vows to strike migrants return deal with EU

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

How the war split the mafia

Hindustan Times

Aleksandr Otdelnov owns an unusual tourist attraction: a smuggling museum. Ukraine was a growing “spin-off” transit route for heroin from Afghanistan, augmenting routes through the Balkans and the Caucasus This infrastructure supported different business models for different products. “It is one thing to be called a criminal; quite another to be thought of as a traitor,” says Mark Galeotti, author …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Global operation takes down dark web drug marketplace

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Hundreds nabbed in global crackdown on dark-web drug marketplace

LA Times

Authorities in the U.S. and Europe arrested nearly 300 people, confiscated more than $53 million and seized a dark-web marketplace as part of an international crackdown on drug trafficking that officials say was the largest operation of its kind. “Our coalition of law enforcement authorities across three continents proves that we all do better when we work together,” Europol’s executive …

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2 years, 1 month ago

World scrambles to tackle deepfakes amid warnings of information apocalypse

ABC

Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos, and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation superspreader. Key points: Europol warns that fake videos risk destroying public trust in information and leaving people unable to determine fact from fiction China has launched new rules around deepfakes …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Europol reports dramatic increase in ATM explosions across Europe

NL Times

The number of explosions at ATMs in Europe is increasing drastically, according to Europol. Across Europe, perpetrators are using stronger and more dangerous explosives, according to a spokeswoman for the cooperation of the police forces of the European Union. "Extremely high explosives are increasingly being used, even collapsing buildings and killing innocent people." This trend is occurring in many European …

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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 …

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AI is turbocharging organized crime, EU police agency warns

"Violence as a service": Europol very concerned about criminals recruiting teens online

Gang arrested over distributing AI-generated child abuse images

Dutch police help take down AI child porn ring; 25 arrested worldwide

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

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

Europol body: Banks should prepare for quantum computer risk now

Dutch criminals hired for violent attacks in German drugs gang war; 23 arrested

Suspect in pregnant Chinese student's murder in Haarlem now on Europol most wanted list

Dutch, French police take down Matrix encrypted message service

Netherlands among 13 countries in global terrorism propaganda busts; Spain arrests 9

Massive International Police Operation Takes Down Ransomware Networks, Arrests 4 Suspects

Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’

Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says

Dutch organized crime among Europe’s worst in drug trade, tax fraud & people smuggling

Extra virgin olive oil is getting very expensive. And it might not even be real

Olive oil scandal fires EU food safety doubts

Keir Starmer vows to strike migrants return deal with EU

How the war split the mafia

Global operation takes down dark web drug marketplace

Hundreds nabbed in global crackdown on dark-web drug marketplace

World scrambles to tackle deepfakes amid warnings of information apocalypse

Europol reports dramatic increase in ATM explosions across Europe

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