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⚠️ New images added! ⚠️
📷 Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from the background of sexually explicit material involving minors.
🛑 Help us #StopChildAbuse. Leave us an anonymous tip ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1682299374745927682

🚨Alleged drug baron coordinating drug production in Europe is arrested in Colombia.
🚓The suspect was a fugitive wanted by the Netherlands who worked on behalf of Mexican drug trafficking organisations in Europe.
Press release⤵️https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/alleged-drug-baron-coordinating-drug-production-in-europe-arrested-in-colombia https://t.co/xZ640pLpAv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1681958461398036480

📆 Don't miss the 4th edition of #EUCrimaCon on 6 Sept!
🔎 Participants will examine the challenges & opportunities for criminal intelligence analysis relating to innovation, data protection & ethics.
Space is limited. Express interest here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/events/eucrimacon-2023-european-criminal-analysis-conference https://t.co/ml1B4lEjVq

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1681653482808377351

🚨 End of the road for 6 suspects smuggling migrants from France to Portugal in rental cars.
🚘 The criminal group facilitated the illegal obtainment of 🇵🇹 residence permits for irregular migrants using fake documents.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/end-of-road-for-6-suspects-smuggling-migrants-in-rental-cars #EMPACT https://t.co/Tv8mnZN40p

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1681225279329411074

📢 Out now! Europol's Internet Organised Crime Assessment #IOCTA2023.
🌐 In it we present the main findings on the different typologies of cybercrime: cyber-attacks, online fraud schemes & online child sexual exploitation.
Download it here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publication-events/main-reports/internet-organised-crime-assessment-iocta-2023 https://t.co/ktyH23hcxT

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1680938607236767745

🚨 27 food fraudsters arrested in Lithuania & Italy.
🥫 Criminals relabelled millions of expired food products & reintroduced them to the supply chain, risking health & safety of European consumers.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/27-food-fraudsters-arrested-in-lithuania-and-italy https://t.co/ga9W8zfInQ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1679786610982895617

🌍 Organised crime groups worldwide illegally used the encryption tool #EncroChat.
🛑 The successful takedown in 2020 sent shockwaves through the criminal underworld.
Three years on, here are the highlights of Operational Task Force EMMA, led by 🇫🇷 @Gendarmerie & 🇳🇱 @Politie ⤵️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1679490867726520322

🚦 Drug traffickers are a major threat to 🇪🇺 security.
👮‍♂️👮‍♀️ By working with law enforcement officers from around the 🌍, we can bust the biggest drug trafficking rings.
👂 Listen to how we catch cocaine traffickers in Episode 5 of The Europol Podcast ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/europol-podcast/episode-5-catching-cocaine-traffickers https://t.co/DStQakAJzT

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1678733565377368064

⚠️ Can you spare a minute to help us #TraceAnObject & #StopChildAbuse?
👕 Each object featured was taken from images depicting child sexual abuse.
🔎 Help us move these investigations forward. Visit our website & let us know if you recognise anything ⤵️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse https://t.co/Uy6pd7JDwZ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1678378807403638785

😎 Planning to use the summer holidays to look for a new challenge?
⚠️ Don’t miss the opportunity to join our team in The Hague as our next Senior Specialist – Application Engineering & Development!
Apply before 18 August. Details here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/careers-procurement/open-vacancies/vacancy/726
#EUCareers https://t.co/S4S5ZHnUOo

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1678305631218937857

📅 Join the 11th EDEN conference on data protection in law enforcement on 18-19 Sept in Madrid!
🔎 The event will examine effective policing in a complex, fast-shifting digital world with the need to protect privacy & civil liberties.
Details here⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/events/11th-eden-event-whisperers-of-contrast-madrid-spain https://t.co/OSMxFzcNTP

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1677260289719271425

📍 Deputy Executive Director Operations @jplecouffe welcomed a delegation from Ukraine’s National Anticorruption Bureau & Special Anticorruption Prosecution Office to our headquarters.
The meeting was a follow-up to Executive Director De Bolle’s visit to Ukraine in May 2023. https://t.co/VMJtKQYbLq

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676990884724736003

📣 Europol's Management Board has adopted our updated strategy.
🤝 “Delivering Security in Partnership” reflects the changes in the European criminal landscape & policy context since our previous strategy was adopted in 2019.
Details ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-strategy-adopted-management-board https://t.co/KinxUvsbGj

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676952977725358083

⏰ Time is running out to apply for an internship at Europol!
🇪🇺 If you’re looking to kick-start your EU career & contribute to #MakingEuropeSafer, consider joining us at our headquarters in The Hague!
Details here ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/careers-procurement/internships
#EUCareers #EUtraineeship https://t.co/rmNor9nXpF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676914728692482048

🚨 Forbidden fruit: 24 arrested after Portuguese authorities seize cocaine hidden in acai shipment.
The operation included 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 & 🇧🇷 authorities, with Europol's support, and led to the dismantling of a Brazilian cartel.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/forbidden-fruit-24-arrested-after-portuguese-authorities-seize-cocaine-hidden-in-acai-shipment https://t.co/nkCOu8RKCa

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676606967307960328

🚨 21 arrested for labour exploitation and 261 victims identified.
Authorities target food and delivery services, beauty salons, and transport and construction sectors during EU-wide Joint Action Days.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/21-arrested-for-labour-exploitation-and-261-victims-identified
#EMPACT https://t.co/Ch9jv4YpTF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676504589468672003

🚨 Syrian gang leader arrested with 14 other suspects in Spain.
The suspects arranged for the smuggling of at least 200 migrants rarely used migration route from Syria through Sudan or the United Arab Emirates.
Press release ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/syrian-gang-leader-arrested-14-other-suspects-in-spain
#EMPACT https://t.co/JUv3wwyyLU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1676155048055717888

🚨 Police unplug international phone scam network
Kingpin and over 70 associates arrested; network used pleas of “fake relatives” to extort victims for over EUR 5 million in damages
More ⬇️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/police-unplug-international-phone-scam-network https://t.co/OXNTOOzEbB

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1674741683391549441

🏆 Proud that our Next Generation EU Law Enforcement Forum was awarded by @EUombudsman and won public vote of the #EOAward
🔎Launched in cooperation with @Viminale @poliziadistato it aims at protecting the proper distribution of EU recovery funds
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-awarded-eu-ombudsman-for-nextgenerationeu-law-enforcement-forum https://t.co/XsJym9cyPh

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1674761312985833473

🍌 Narco boss targeted:  6.5 tonnes of cocaine found hidden between bananas in Colombia and Spain
The drugs are worth EUR 223 million on the illegal market. 8 suspects were arrested.
More ⤵️
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/65-tonnes-of-cocaine-found-hidden-between-bananas-in-colombia-and-spain

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europol/status/1674701834118627328