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Latest Press Release

• Network of people smugglers dismantled
  
  
  65 persons suspected of being part of a people-smuggling network have been arrested throughout Europe during the last few days in an operation, conducted by the Spanish National Police, supported by Europol and Eurojust. The investigations and arrests took place in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, the Slovak Republic and Poland. The majority of the suspects are said to be involved in the clandestine smuggling of a large number of illegal immigrants into, and within, the European Union whilst others were arrested of violating the Aliens acts. [click link for more]




• Payment card fraud network dismantled in Bulgaria
  
  
  A criminal network which was engaged in credit card fraud at automated petrol stations in France since the summer of 2007, has been dismantled. In total 3 Bulgarian citizens were detained, and 10 houses and 2 cars were searched. Seizures were made of more than four hundred "white plastics", 8 computers and other criminal assets. [click link for more]