The same qualities that make AI revolutionary – accessibility, adaptability and sophistication – also make it a powerful tool ...

German and Belgium authorities coordinated by Europol dismantle a migrant smuggling network active across the English Channel ...

Criminal networks, Europol warns, are "increasingly operating as proxies in the service of hybrid threat actors," cooperating ...

PARIS (Reuters) - A criminal network that smuggled 1,700 illegal immigrants from Spain to France was dismantled by French and Spanish police this month with support from Europol, the EU law ...

According to Europol’s 2025 EU Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) report, they’ve evolved into key players ...

Organised crime gangs are turning to AI-powered scams and payment systems to target victims, allowing them to rapidly and more cheaply scale up operations globally and making them harder to detect, ...

A fraudulent scheme involving fake hearing aid companies defrauded the French state's health insurance fund of 6.7 million ...

According to a jointly developed newly released report by Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice ...

From fraud and ransomware to drug trafficking: according to Europol, the internet has become the main arena for serious crime ...

The report said offenses range from drug trafficking and people smuggling to money laundering, cyberattacks and online scams.

In a threat assessment report on serious and organized crime, Europol stated that AI and crypto play a role in criminal ...

"The same qualities that make AI revolutionary - accessibility, adaptability, and sophistication - also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks," Europol said. "These technologies are ...