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Watch: Violent clashes after landmark Golden Dawn verdict in Athens

A Greek court ruled that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering a landmark guilty verdict in a marathon five-year trial.

Italy

Organised crime setting sights on EU Recovery Fund money, experts warn

Davide Del Monte urges to keep 'the eyes open' as Italy is set to get the largest share of the €750 billion EU Recovery Fund. #Coronavirus #Recovery Fund

Earth News

Extinction Rebellion responds to ‘ridiculous’ criminalisation threat

Home Secretary Priti Patel has threatened to classify Extinction Rebellion as an organised crime group.

Earth News

World Elephant Day: €11 million worth of ivory crushed in Singapore

The largest ivory crushing event in years is streamed online.

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World News

EU authorities penetrate phone network in huge organised crime sting

Authorities across Europe and the UK have arrested hundreds of people from some of the continent's biggest crime groups after infiltrating phone network EncroChat.

World News

Over 19k artefacts seized in art trafficking crackdown, says Europol

The operation was carried out across 103 countries and led to the arrest of 101 suspects.

My Europe Series

Romania's virgin forests ravaged by 'wood mafia'

Euronews explores the hidden corruption, intimidation and violence at the heart of Romania's illegal logging industry,

Albania

Albania president calls on people to topple the government

Albania's president has called on the people of his nation of nearly 3 million people to topple the left-wing government.

Mexico

Shootouts in northern Mexican town kill 21, fueling debate on cartels

Clashes between police and suspected cartel gunmen in a northern Mexican town killed 21 people this weekend, authorities said, adding fuel to a debate sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has vowed to designate the gangs as terrorists.

United Kingdom

UK seizes record 1.3 tonnes of heroin worth €132 million

UK border officers recovered the drug from a container ship and let it continue its journey to the Netherlands where authorities arrested four people as they were unloaded it.

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.

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.