As reported by Rte.ie, Portuguese police have confiscated a total of €380,200 in fake €200 notes, calling it “the world’s largest seizure of counterfeit euro”. The 1,901 fake banknotes were discovered in a police operation in the northern city of Porto on Tuesday. Read Article
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As reported by Setimes.com countries in Southeast Europe intensified the struggle against smuggling and counterfeit consumer goods across country borders, paying special attention to falsely branded goods produced in some of the regional countries. Read Article
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As reported by Leparisien.fr a 43 year-old transportation company owner was accused by Versailles court of having organized a system of toll fraud in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines since november 2012, he ordered his drivers to commit 700 fraudulent transactions of €24,000. The man was released under judicial supervision with the obligation to pay a deposit. Read Article
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According to Bienpublic.com, 21 retiree from 12 different retirement homes were victims of a huge scam. The story began in May 2010, when a small group of unemployed citizens with well-oiled techniques visited the victims retirement homes and stole their credit cards, checkbooks, maps, ID’s and other personal documents. The suspects then spent 180,000 € [...]
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It is a fact: Chinese criminal syndicates based in Europe are increasingly thriving in their business, notably by means of a successful hybridization with indigenous organized crime groups. The phenomenon is impacting the Old Continent as a whole, with Italy and Spain the most affected countries. Read Article
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BBC.CO.UK reported that Sweden has issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of illegally importing 10m euros (£8m) worth of garlic into the EU via Norway. Why would criminals do that? Swedish state prosecutors claim to have cracked one of Europe’s more seemingly strange, if lucrative, smuggling rings. They say two British men are [...]
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Mircea Sandu president of Romanian Federation of Football (FRF) ,Mircea Dragomir president of Profesional League of Football (LPF) and few others are still under investigation by the National Directorate of Anticorruption. Assets worth millions of dollars were seized. Read Article
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The National Directorate of Anticorruption sent one Dutch and two Romanian citizens to trial for traffic of influence in the case of the counterfeit perfumes that entered the country in August 2009. The shipment came from China and was seized in the South Constanta Harbor. Read Article
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Hundreds of counterfeit necklaces, bracelets, rings and almost forty watches were seized on March 30, 2012 from one of the jewelry stores in Bucharest. Romanian police said the owner is investigated for tax fraud and trademark violations. Read Article
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A band of thieves in Cluj-Napoca has specialized in stealing dogs and then demanding a ransom from their owners for a safe return of their pet. One of the victims contacted the police and they arrested the perpetrator while he was getting paid. Read Article
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