
37 arrested as violent Balkan criminal cell is taken down
2023年5月25日 · An international law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol has resulted in the arrest of 37 members of a highly violent criminal cell from the Western Balkans. Led by a national of Bosnia & Herzegovina, this powerful criminal cell was mainly involved in the large-scale trafficking of drugs and firearms across Europe.
Criminal ringleader and nine associates arrested after killing a ...
2025年2月28日 · Following an operation against a highly dangerous and violent criminal network based in the Western Balkans, Europol has supported Slovenian and Bosnia and Herzegovinian law enforcement in a series of action days. Taking a multi-stage approach, police forces methodically moved against the criminals, delivering blow after blow. In three separate action days, 10 people were arrested, including ...
How Balkan gangsters became Europe’s top cocaine suppliers
2024年5月2日 · Balkan traffickers have mastered the logistics of smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe, authorities say. On land and sea, police are scrambling to keep pace. In 2018, convicted...
BWK: The Armed Afghan Gang Terrorising Migrants, Refugees …
13 小时之前 · The violence employed by border police and smugglers alike have the same effect – discouraging would-be asylum seekers from crossing the Balkans. Croatian police have a particularly bad record .
Police in Greece say a Balkan drug feud led to dozens of killings ...
2024年3月1日 · ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police on Friday announced the outcome of a yearslong, multinational investigation into feuding Balkan criminal gangs behind multiple killings across Europe. The probe, assisted by police agencies Interpol and Europol, has led to the arrests of 10 suspects.
Serbian NGOs Accuse Govt of Pressure Over Police Raids
2025年2月25日 · Serbian police emblem. Photo: Instagram/mupsrbije. Serbian police on Tuesday raided the premises of four non-governmental organisations in Belgrade as part of a Belgrade Higher Prosecutor’s ...
Hungarian Drug Cartel Ring of the Balkans Busted
2025年3月21日 · The Győr department of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Rapid Response and Special Police Service (KR NNI), in cooperation with the Drug Crime Bureau (KBEH), has cut the Balkans drug cartel’s links to Hungary. All known members of the criminal organization were arrested, with one exception: Nikolic Andrija, one of Europe’s most wanted […]
Political Tensions Test Unity of Kosovo’s Police Force
2025年1月6日 · Officers of all ethnicities speak of the sense of community and even ‘family’ they have found as part of Kosovo’s police service, but political tensions continue to test the unity of the force.
Integrity and independence of criminal justice institutions in the ...
2024年11月1日 · Despite reforms, political influence continues to affect prosecutorial and police services across Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia (collectively, WB6), hindering effective action against organized corruption.
Justice Institutions in the Western Balkans: Police and Prosecution, the report provides a comprehensive analysis of the political and external influences that undermine the independence and effectiveness of police and