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Japan

Japanese Yakuza mobsters arrested for operating too close to library

During the Yakuza's heyday in the 1960s, the group operated internationally and boasted more than 184,000 members, according to Japan's National Police Agency.

EU Decoded

Digital border system targets crime and irregular migration

People without a passport from an EU country will soon face a new digital border system that will record much of their personal information. The so-called Entry/Exit System aims to increase security, but EU DECODED explains that it can also act as a tool to prevent irregular migration.

Europe News

Data-driven strategy leads to 300 drug smuggling arrests, Europol says

Operation Bulut, coordinated by Europol, led to nearly 300 arrests across Europe and made extensive use of encrypted platforms to track criminals' communications.

Netherlands

How transnational mafiosi became the new generals of hybrid warfare

Europol’s report “EU Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment 2025” spotlights “DNA mutation” of organised crime, an alarming destabilizing factor for democratic political systems through war and new technologies

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Europe News

Germany, Interpol and WWF team up to tackle environmental crime

With environmentally destructive activities such as illegal logging and waste disposal among the largest areas of organised crime worldwide, Berlin is bankrolling a collaboration between civil society and the international police body Interpol.

Culture news

Europe's best crime museums for mafia, medieval torture and misdeeds

Europe's crime museums delve into the fight against the mafia in Palermo, medieval torture devices in Rothenburg and forensic specimens in Athens.

World

How the EU's drugs agency is tackling a new surge

The European Union Drugs Agency is dealing with new challenges to the rule of law as the illegal drugs trade surges.

Europe News

EU bungled plastic waste tax, auditors say

A new levy intended to discourage the landfill and incineration of plastic waste is plagued by dodgy data, and may have led to an uptick in crime, auditors warn

Tech News

Commission seeks closer ties with Latin America to tackle drug traffic

Cooperation with drug exporting countries would enable Europol to access more data on illegal activities .

Europe News

Europeans, South Americans gather in Hamburg amid spiraling drug crime

Cocaine seized in the major European port tripled over five years, the German interior ministry said.

World News

Swedish police to investigate reports of leaks to violent gangs

Sweden has struggled with a surge in violence in recent years as gangs fight for control of drug markets.

World News

EU's most threatening criminal networks enter legal economy

Crime webs are penetrating legitimate businesses across the 27-nation bloc, relying heavily on corruption to develop their activities.

World News

Hundreds arrested in French anti-drug police raids

French police arrested more than 190 people today in cities as part of a far-reaching anti-drug clampdown. President Macron described the raids as "unprecedented".

Italy

Thousands gather to pay tribute to mudered priest Don Peppe Diana

Crowds remembering the late clergyman demanded a future without the Camorra.

Colombia

Former Pablo Escobar associate arrested on drug charges in Colombia

A former associate of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been arrested on drug trafficking charges at his luxury villa in Medellín.

Haiti

Haiti extends state of emergency and nighttime curfew

Haiti's government announced on Thursday it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew, in an attempt to curb the gang violence and protests plaguing the country.

Earth News

Why are songbird killings on the rise again in Cyprus?

Flocks of migrating birds are still meeting a cruel end on their flight path through the island, particularly at a British military base.

Euronews Witness

Inside Marseille’s deadly drug wars: Why are youths killing youths?

Forty-nine people were killed in drug-related shoot-outs between rival gangs in Marseille in 2023 - and the killing is ongoing. Is the situation in the French port city spiralling out of control? Euronews Witness heads south to find out.

World News

Most "harmful" hacker network LockBit disrupted by police operation

The operation is “probably the most significant ransomware disruption to date” according to the experts.

Business

Financial crime compliance: Trends to watch in 2024

Euronews Business looks at LexisNexis Risk's assessment of the top trends for financial crime compliance that are likely to emerge this year