🚨 Austrian scammers escape investors, but not law enforcement – six suspects set up online cryptocurrency and collected millions from victims before performing exit scam
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#OperationCronos – Part Two

Today, the administrator of Lockbit has been identified and sanctioned by authorities in the UK, US and Australia.

Europol has identified over 3500 victims in 33 countries.

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🚨Law enforcement dismantle cocaine lab in Spain with 100 kg monthly capacity.

20 suspects were arrested, a number of whom were considered High Value Targets.

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🚨New network to target migrant smugglers in the digital domain.

Discussions held during thematic meeting, organised by the European Commission and Europol, led to key conclusions on a shared response to migrant smuggling activities online.

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🚨 Operation PANDORA shuts down 12 phone fraud call centres.

39 scammers organised a flood of unsettling telephone scams, shocking and cheating thousands of victims out of money.

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👀 Are you an ICT professional looking for a new challenge?

⚠️ Don’t miss the opportunity to join our team in The Hague.

We have several vacancies available.

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⚠️High-ranking Hells Angels member busted in drug trafficking operation in Marbella.

Investigations in Germany, Spain and Romania lead to arrest of criminal network’s ring leader for trafficking marijuana, cocaine and weapons.

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🚨Almost 1400 firearms removed from circulation in 16 European countries.

More than a third of the firearms were deadly converted weapons, originally designed to fire blanks.

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⚠️16 arrests as Vietnamese network smuggling migrants across the English Channel busted.

The criminal network charged between EUR 15 000 and EUR 18 000 per person to smuggle the migrants in the UK via several EU countries.

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🌐Garda Info hosted SIRIUS's Single Point of Contact Network this week.

Europol steers European policing solutions, working with SIRIUS.

The event was about preparing law enforcement for the roll-out of the e-Evidence framework.

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👀 Are you interested in a new challenge?

⚠️ We are looking for a Seconded National Expert to join Europol’s Information Management Unit.

Deadline: 6 May.

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⚠️21 arrested in hit against migrant smuggling across the EU-Russian border.

The criminal network smuggled mainly Iraqi and Syrian nationals from Belarus and Russia to the EU.

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🚨 9 Georgian nationals arrested for stealing antique books.

📚The criminal group broke into libraries or simply exchanged historical editions with sophisticated copies, causing EUR 2 500 000 in damages.

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🚨Pakistani smuggling network busted in Romania.

Criminal network facilitated the illegal entry of Bengali, Egyptian and Pakistani nationals into the EU by arranging fraudulent work visas.

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