How organized crime recruits children in Belgium: Easy money, emojis, and threats
Arrests of minors employed as drug couriers have doubled in one year at the port of Antwerp, the main entry point for cocaine into Europe
Swedish mafias settle their scores with gunfire on the Costa del Sol
Wars between drug gangs in the Nordic country are the origin of numerous shootings, bombings, and murders that have occurred around Marbella in recent years
For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol
An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert interrogations of new arrivals in Europe
European lawmakers try to balance protection and privacy with law on explicit images of children
The draft proposition would require internet providers to assess the risk of their services being used for the sexual abuse or exploitation of children, and to take steps to mitigate those threats
Spanish police dismantle mafia-linked drug-running network in the Canary Islands
In a joint operation with Europol and Italian anti-mafia investigators, 700 kilos of cocaine were seized and four men with links to the ‘Ndrangheta and a Balkans cartel arrested
The underground bankers of the people smuggling business
The traditional ‘hawala’ money transfer system provides financial services to human traffickers and migrants on dangerous journeys to the EU and the UK