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Ghana

Europe's electronic waste ends up at this toxic landfill in Ghana

This is one of Africa’s biggest electronic waste scrapyards and it's filled with the remnants of Europe's discarded electronic devices.

Italy

Police arrest 18 in crackdown on Sicilian Mafia family

Once ruling with absolute power in Sicily, the Cosa Nostra has lost momentum in the past twenty years. Prosecutors have repeatedly warned that the group are attempting to rebuild power.

USA

In prison letters, 'Whitey' Bulger praised Trump and blasted Mueller

The Boston gangster raved about the president, and railed against ex-special counsel Robert Mueller, in a series of letters to an unlikely pen pal.

Europe News

Report indicates increase of cocaine in EU, links to social media

Over 104,000 cocaine seizures were reported in the EU in 2017, amounting to 140.4 tons. This is double the quantity seized in 2016. "Social media, encryption techniques and darknet marketplaces" are correlated with the increase.

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Netherlands

Cybercriminal network which stole $100 million dismantled - Europol

An international cybercrime network which used malware to steal an estimated $100 million (€89.3 million) from thousands of victims has been dismantled, Europol announced on Thursday.

Kosovo

All bets off: Kosovo bans gambling for a decade after casino murders

"We will not allow these venues to be arenas of crime that claim people’s lives,” said the country's prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj.

Belgium

What is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office? | Euronews explains

Romania's ex-anti-corruption chief Laura Kovesi is set for an interview to become the EU's new chief prosecutor. Here we explain the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the new office she could be heading up.

World News

Euroviews. Super-rich buy EU passports via risky, costly visa schemes | View

While some European ministers dial up the anti-immigration rhetoric, criminals and the corrupt are abusing Golden Visa schemes to gain the right to live in the EU, writes Transparency International's Carl Dolan.

Finland

Interpol's stolen vehicle database

Interpol's stolen vehicle database

Sweden

Sweden has a problem with hand grenades — and here's why

Sweden has been left shaken by grenade attacks in recent years. Euronews explains why the country, known for its crime safety, has a grenade problem.

World News

Baltics are the murder capital of Europe, report finds

Three Baltic states saw the highest recorded intentional homicides relative to their populations in 2015, according to data from the European Commission.

My Europe Series

Romanians march for justice

For the last year, Romanians have been turning out in their thousands to protest what they see as an increasingly corrupt government.

Germany

Eleven mafia suspects arrested in Germany to be deported to Italy

Part of group of 200 arrests made in southern Germany and Italy in cross-border joint operation with Italian anti-mafia police.

World

Government supplied cannabis: Uruguay's controlled high

Uruguay has gone further than any country in the world in the legalisation of cannabis use, not just by allowing people to use and buy it, but also by setting up and managing the supply chain

Italy

Mapping the mafia: Italy's web of criminal gangs explained

In the last 20 years Calabrian's 'ndrangheta, of which one of the main bosses was arrested on Monday, has become Italian most powerful criminal syndicate

World

'The worst violence imaginable': 'Cocaine king' Pablo Escobar's son opens up about his father

Thousands lost their lives on Escobar's route to the top of the Colombian criminal underworld. Euronews asks the infamous narcoterrorist's son what it was like to grow up with the world's richest drug lord

Malta

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta's 'unprecedented mafia-style murder'

The editor of investigative website MaltaToday tells euronews the journalist's killing is a 'dark day for democracy'.

Italy

Italian firefighters arrested on suspicion of arson

Fifteen volunteer firefighters were today (August 7) arrested in Sicily for allegedly starting fires to earn commission from putting them out.

Russia

Moscow court shootout leaves three dead and five injured

Three people on their way to stand trial at a Moscow court were shot dead as they tried to escape.

Brazil

Troops on streets of Rio to fight organised crime

Brazil has stepped up security in Rio de Janeiro amid a rise in violence by organised crime gangs.