29 arrested in Albania, Greece and Italy for smuggling more than 1 100 migrants in yachts

Active along the Eastern Mediterranean road, the criminal network made several hundred million euros in illegal profits An investigation involving the Albanian Criminal Police (Policia e Shtetit), the Hellenic... Read more »

Criminal network supplying identity and travel documents dismantled in Greece

More than 900 passports and identity cards seized. 620 found to be recorded on European databases as lost or stolen. On 25 February the Organised Crime Unit of the... Read more »

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Europol, operation Taurus: in Greece dismantled an organized crime group

The Organized Crime Unit of the Hellenic Police, with the support of Europol, dismantled an organised criminal group engaged in migrant smuggling and document forgery. The organised crime group... Read more »

Gang smuggling migrants between Greece and Western Europe hit by Polish law enforcement

With the support of Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), the Polish Border Guard delivered a serious blow to an organised criminal network involved in smuggling Middle Eastern natives... Read more »

Europol, migrant smuggling organised crime group dismantled in Greece

An organised crime group involved in smuggling migrants from Greece to other European Union countries has been dismantled in Athens, Greece. The operation was jointly carried out by Attika... Read more »