Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That’s the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency.
Europol Executive-Director Catherine De Bolle, addresses a media conference to present the findings of Europol’s report on the most threatening criminal networks in the Europe an Union, at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Friday, April 5, 2024.
According to the agency, 86% of those networks are able to infiltrate the legal economy to hide their activities and launder their criminal profits. “An Albanian accomplice, based in Ecuador, takes care of the import of cocaine from Colombia to Ecuador and the subsequent distribution to the EU. Ecuadorian fruit companies are used as a front for these criminal activities,” the report said.Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian warplanes in one of its biggest drone attacks of the warorganized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups.
“However, looking at the locations of their core activities, the vast majority maintain a strong geographical focus and do not extend their core activities too broadly,” Europol said.and drug-related violent crime is becoming increasingly visible in many EU countries such as Belgium and France, drug trafficking is standing out as the key activity, the report said.
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