EUROPOL

“Europol is the European Union’s law enforcement agency. Our main goal is to achieve a safer Europe.” Source

Three children safeguarded following VIDTF 16

Operation ENDGAME strikes again: the ransomware kill chain broken at its source

270 arrested in global dark web crackdown targeting online drug and criminal networks

80 arrests and more than 37 700 cultural goods seized in major art trafficking bust

Europol and Microsoft disrupt world’s largest infostealer Lumma

Celebrating 20 years of the Europol Information System

Celebrating 20 years of the Europol Information System

International crackdown dismantles multimillion-euro investment scam

15 migrant smugglers arrested in multi-stage operation

17 providers of criminal banking services arrested

17 providers of criminal banking services arrested

15 migrant smugglers arrested in multi-stage operation

International crackdown dismantles multimillion-euro investment scam

DDoS-for-hire empire brought down: Poland arrests 4 administrators, US seizes 9 domains

Eight countries launch Operational Taskforce to tackle violence-as-a-service

Clandestine lab producing drugs at industrial-scale dismantled in Belgium

Europol supports strike-down on criminal organisation smuggling tens of thousands of hazardous salvage cars from the US

Migrant-smuggling driver cell intercepted in France

AK rifles and grenades seized as firearms trafficking route into France dismantled

Encrypted app intelligence exposes sprawling criminal networks across Europe

Encrypted app intelligence exposes sprawling criminal networks across Europe

AK rifles and grenades seized as firearms trafficking route into France dismantled

Migrant-smuggling driver cell intercepted in France

Europol signs Working Arrangement with the Arab Republic of Egypt, first agreement with an African country

Operation Endgame follow-up leads to five detentions and interrogations as well as server takedowns

Seven arrests in hit against Egyptian criminal network smuggling irregular migrants across the Mediterranean

3 counterfeiters arrested in Italy for forging banknotes worth EUR 180 000

Leading the way in preventing the abuse of biometric recognition technology

29 arrested and 26 tonnes of illegal plant protection products seized in France and Spain

Making Europe Safer: Europol launches 2025 law enforcement photo competition

12 members of an Irish high-risk criminal network arrested

Latest study on Europe’s ecstasy market reveals new trends in production and trafficking

Global crackdown on Kidflix, a major child sexual exploitation platform with almost two million users

Global crackdown on Kidflix, a major child sexual exploitation platform with almost two million users

Latest study on Europe’s ecstasy market reveals new trends in production and trafficking

12 members of an Irish high-risk criminal network arrested

7 arrested for facilitating migrant smuggling across the English Channel

International law enforcement strike against multimillion-euro healthcare fraud network

Network smuggling migrants between Spain and France busted in Marseille

Network smuggling migrants between Spain and France busted in Marseille

International law enforcement strike against multimillion-euro healthcare fraud network

7 arrested for facilitating migrant smuggling across the English Channel

The DNA of organised crime is changing – and so is the threat to Europe

Strategic partnerships: Europol boosts cooperation with Latin America

Launch of EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2025

Large cocaine bust in Ecuador: 36 arrested after 73 tonnes of drugs seized

Large cocaine bust in Ecuador: 36 arrested after 73 tonnes of drugs seized

Launch of EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2025

Strategic partnerships: Europol boosts cooperation with Latin America

EU and Brazil sign international agreement to fight organised crime and terrorism