Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of Europol, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands (Credit: Europol.europa.eu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Catherine De Bolle has been re-appointed for a second term as the Executive Director of Europol by the Council of the European Union.
Credit: europol.eu / Close to one million cigarettes ready to be shipped were seized at the scene of illegal tobacco factory in Spanish town of Borjas Blancas DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Guardia Civil and customs officers raided in the Spanish town of Borjas Blancas an illegal
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Top-of-the-range cars stolen in Germany dismantled and sold for parts. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF German and Polish law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol, dismantled a network of thieves stealing expensive cars equipped with KEYLESS GO systems. On the action day, 16 July 2020,
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Four houses and arrested three individuals suspected of forgery of documents. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The French Border Police (Police Aux Frontières) within the French National Police (Police Nationale), supported by Europol, dismantled a large criminal network involved in document fraud. On the
Credit: europol.europa.eu / DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in arresting a man Tuesday in Madrid suspected of transferring money between several European and Arabian countries via the Hawala informal money transfer system with the aim of reintroducing foreign terrorist
Credit: europoleuropa.eu / Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of EUROPOL, the law enforcement organization for the EU. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES EUROPOL launched the new European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) Friday at its headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands to stay a
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Major investment fraud gang busted in Bulgaria, Serbia with total losses estimated in the region of €80 million. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF A large criminal network involved in fraud, money laundering and social engineering was dismantled in an international investigation. Europol and Eurojust
Credit: europol.europa.eu / Italian Carabinieri arrests Romanian kingpin of rare book thieves this month in Turin, Italy. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A 40-year-old Romanian national, who was wanted by the British authorities since June 2019, was arrested earlier this month in Turin,
Credit: Europol / Since 2017, criminals were operating throughout Germany and Belgium, breaking cars and removing the navigation systems and multifunction steering wheels. DIPLOMATIC TIMES An organised crime network originating from Lithuania and specialised in the theft of car parts has been dismantled this
Credit: europol.eu / Some of the 25,000,000 cigarettes seized from criminal network in Belgium. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The Belgian Customs and Excise Administration (Administration générale des Douanes et Accises) last Tuesday dismantled a large criminal network in an operation supported by the Belgium Federal