Coordinated efforts from Romanian and French authorities, with support from Eurojust and Europol, have led to the dismantling of a human trafficking network. The organised crime group (OCG) trafficked Romanian women into France for sexual exploitation. During a recent action day, eight suspects were...

An illegal trading scheme in counterfeit and banned pesticides and fertilizers that were potentially dangerous to consumers’ health has been halted by the Romanian and Italian authorities. Eurojust and Europol supported the joint investigation team (JIT). During a series of actions in both countries...

Marking a historic moment, one year ago today, Eurojust launched the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA) - a unique judicial coordination platform dedicated to supporting national investigations into the crime of aggression related to the war in Ukraine. Since...

An operation in five countries led to the dismantling of an organised crime group (OCG) active across Europe. Investigations ongoing since 2021 revealed that the group was trafficking cannabis and cocaine across several EU and non-EU countries. The actions in Italy, Belgium, Germany and Ukraine...

An online platform known for facilitating various crimes was taken down by the French authorities, in cooperation with Bulgaria, Germany Lithuania, the Netherlands and Hungary. The authorities had been investigating the digital platform since December 2023. During an action day on 24 June the...

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union starts on 1 July. In the domain of Justice and Home Affairs, the Hungarian presidency has set out five priorities: the fight against terrorism and organised crime, trafficking and smuggling of human beings, illicit trafficking of cultural...

Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale operation to disrupt platforms and websites for terrorist communications and propaganda. In a concerted major action this week, servers were taken down in...

A fraudulent pyramid scheme was taken down by authorities from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Lithuania and Liechtenstein, with the support of Eurojust and Europol. The organised crime group (OCG) used an investment model that focused on the leasing and subleasing of cryptocurrency machines...

The EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security, of which Eurojust is one of the main partners, today published its first report on the use of encrypted communications in criminal investigations. The report stresses the balance that needs to be struck between securing private communications and...

33 searches were conducted and four people were detained in Moldova following a joint action by authorities in France and Moldova after investigations have uncovered a multi-million euro bribery scheme to help fugitives evade international justice. On 5 June a high-level official was arrested in...