Two smugglers were arrested last night, March 07, 2012, with 40,000 packs of contraband cigarettes on Romania’s northern border with Ukraine. Border patrol said the cigarettes were brought from Ukraine and Republic of Moldova. Read Article
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Gypsy women of Romanian nationality are targeting older women across Norway in a series of jewelry robberies. According to the local.no twenty robberies were reported in Oslo in the past two weeks. Read Article
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Grup leader, Boukhenifer Moh Seghir of Algerian nationality, and three accomplices were arrested in Timisoara on March 28, 2012 while trying to illegally leave the country. According to Mediafax they were coordinating a human trafficking network on the route Greece-Macedonia-Serbia-Romania-Hungary-Western Europe. Read Article
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One of the capital’s monetary exchange offices located on I.C Brătianu boulevard was robbed on March 19, 2012 by two men who pretended to be officers of the Financial Guard. They took the sum of 100,000 euros for false verification purposes and failed to return the money. Read Article
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An international arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday March 21, for Romanian politician Mihail Bodea wanted for money laundering and human trafficking. He is among the most wanted in Romania, and first politician to be sought internationally. Read Article
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Six people were arrested in UK and Spain for importing and selling counterfeit drugs including Viagra. The medicine caused health problems including death. According to BBC news, the fake Viagra was imported from China and Singapore and distributed via the internet to customers throughout Europe. Read Article
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Naples Police arrested 16 judges for taking bribes and giving verdicts in favor of the Camorra mafia, active in the south of the country. A total of 60 people were also detained for money laundering and corruption, the majority being members of the Fabroccino clan. Property worth 1 billion euros was seized. Read Article
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Half of Paris prostitution industry controlled by Romanians Romanian mafia controls about half the prostitution in Paris, the other half being controlled by the Chinese. About 90% of the victims are of foreign nationality. Each prostitute brings in about 150,000 euro per year. In 2010, 475 were arrested with sentences varying from 5 to 20 [...]
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Four border patrol agents and four civilians were sentenced to prison on Thursday March 16, 2012, in Dolj County, Romania. They were all involved in stealing 2000 cigarette cartridges from two contraband trucks that entered the country in September 2008. Read Article
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The trial began on Wednesday February 29, 2012, for the six Romanians arrested for human smuggling in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. They operated the largest prostitution network in Sweden and the girls were primarily from Romania. Read Article
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