Reports by Risk Prevention & Consulting

18 ARRESTED IN THE UK AND ROMANIA FOR €20 MILLION FAKE TRAIN TICKET SCAM

In the early hours of this morning, an organised crime group involved in railway card fraud was taken down through a joint action by the British and Romanian authorities. Europol assisted the operation on the spot by deploying a mobile office to Romania during the action day. Eurojust supported the national criminal investigations by setting up a joint investigation team (JIT) between the United Kingdom and Romania, which was provided with substantial funding.

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Counterfeiters and Dogs Run Wild While Armed Robbers Quietly Plan

A Counterfeit Aristocrat with Thousands of Euros to Match Under the guise of being an Indian Prince, a gentleman went on a spending spree in Monaco over a few days, pampering himself to the tune of over 250.000 euros. A bit of fantasy about one’s aristocratic heritage is not so harmful – but start using counterfeit money in Monaco’s casino and you are headed for trouble. Over 300 false 100 euros notes were exchanged for chips and suddenly…..

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Self-locking door traps bungling robbers inside jewellery shop – see VIDEO

A bungling robber got trapped inside a jewellery shop by a self-locking door – and only escaped when an unsuspecting member of the public opened it from the outside. Police have released clear CCTV footage of the bizarre raid at a shop in Green Lanes, Haringey, north London, as they appeal for information about the three thieves.

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Hotspots of Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

Since the end of 2018, protestors in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia have been taking to the streets to express their frustration and anger at corruption and organized crime. Journalists in the region are being targeted for exposing high-level graft, like Olivera Lakić, who, in May 2018, was shot in the leg after revealing the complicity of senior Montenegrin officials in cigarette smuggling. People with alleged links to crime have been arrested and questioned in connection with the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanović.

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One of Europe’s most ‘prolific’ criminal groups busted — Europol

(CNN)One of Europe’s most prolific crime groups involved in large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering, and assassinations has been dismantled, Europol said Wednesday.The criminal network run by Lithuanian and other EU nationals earned an estimated $760 million from its crimes between 2017-19, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said in a statement.

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Njemačka policija sumnja da je glavna meta bio Vesković: Nađeno oružje, ubijeni praćeni danima

Dan nakon ubistva dvojice crnogorskih državljana Darka Mijovića i Nikole Jovanovića i ranjavanja Miloša Pavićevića i Miloša Veskovića, u Forstu u njemačkoj pokrajini Brandenburg, istražitelji su u šumi nedaleko od grada pronašli više komada oružja sa prigušivačima, pišu Dnevne novine. Pobjeda piše da je prema prvim nalazima njemačkih istražitelja, ranjeni Beograđanin Miloš Vesković najvjerovatnije bio glavna meta naoružanih napadača.

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150 000 LITRES OF FAKE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL SEIZED FROM ‘WELL-OILED’ GANG

Experts from Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition – IPC3 supported the Italian Carabinieri and the Tribunal of Darmstadt in Germany, in the arrest of 20 individuals and the seizure of 150 000 litres of fake olive oil. The criminals, who raked in up to € 8 million every year in criminal profit, modified the colour of low quality oils to sell them on the Italian and German markets as extra virgin olive oil.

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(VIDEO) NAJČUVENIJA ‘PINK PANTERKA’: Ja sam nekrunisana kraljica ludila!

U kriminal sam ušla sasvim slučajno, bivši muž me je upoznao sa tim svetom, koji sam ja ubrzo doživela kao svoj, kaže Olivera Ćirković, bivša košarkašica i najčuvenija “pink panterka”. Nije mi namera bila, niti će ikada biti da promovišem kriminal. Samo sam želela da na papir stavim i ispričam svoju životnu priču

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“Da je Benedi Đukanović procesuiran za pljačku zlatare, možda bi Slaviša Krunić danas bio živ”

“Da je Benedi Đukanović procesuiran za pljačku zlatare u Ključu, ko zna, možda bi banjalučki biznismen Slaviša Krunić danas bio živ”.Ovu rečenicu kazao je dobro upućeni policijski izvor koji je učestvovao u potjeri nad Đukanovićem u dva navrata – 2007. godine kada je sa još dvojicom maskiranih razbojnika izvršio razbojništvom nad tadašnjom “Una bankom“ u središtu Ključa i 2013. kada je taj kriminalac sa saučesnikom izvršio pljačku i razbojništvo ključke zlatare “Sarajka“.

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Organised crime chronic and corrosive to the UK – National Crime Agency

The threat of organised crime is “chronic and corrosive” to the UK and more money is needed to tackle it, according to the National Crime Agency. Head of the agency Lynne Owens said organised criminals were killing more citizens per year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined.

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