Information shared with Europol led to the targeting of the first factory for counterfeit cigarettes ever found in France On 12 January, more than 60 officers from the French... Read more »
A total of 11 individuals suspected of being part of an Armenian organised crime group involved in the large-scale import and distribution of counterfeit cigarettes have been arrested by... Read more »
Earlier this week, the French Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) with the support of the French Judicial Customs (SEJF) arrested 5 individuals and seized 250 000 counterfeit cigarettes in a series... Read more »
€90 million a year of dirty cash illegally transported from France to Morocco On 2 November, an 18-month investigation led by the French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) and supported... Read more »
13 Sìtruspects were arrested and 15 minor victims of the network were brought to safety This week a Franco-Belgian investigation supported by Europol uncovered a large criminal network involved... Read more »
On Tuesday 15 September, the French Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) and the Italian Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri), supported by Europol and Eurojust, arrested 46 individuals (33 in France and... Read more »
More than 85 victims in Belgium and France suffered around €6 million losses for believing in the fraudsters’ false promises The French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) in collaboration with... Read more »
A gold trafficking case between France and Germany thought to be worth at least €1 million has led to the arrest on 21 October of a French jeweller and... Read more »
On 18 June 209, the French Judicial Police (Police Judiciaire), with the support of the Belgian Federal Judicial Police (Police Judiciaire Fédérale) and Europol, swooped on the members of... Read more »
House searches in France have led to the arrests of two individuals suspected of large-scale CEO fraud. The criminals belonged to an organised crime group involved in at least... Read more »
French, Romanian and German authorities, supported by Europol, have dismantled an international criminal network composed of Romanian nationals suspected of having stolen phytosanitary products (pesticides, etc.) and agricultural seeds... Read more »
French authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled an international criminal network composed of 28 Romanian nationals suspected of having stolen goods worth over EUR 4 million from... Read more »
The initial results of a preliminary investigation carried out by the French National Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office, commenced in September 2015, has revealed a vast and complex money laundering... Read more »
On 6 – 7 December 2016, law enforcement and judicial authorities from France and the Netherlands, supported on-the-spot by Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre, took action against an organised... Read more »