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A huge database with information about offshore companies was exposed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Most likely, the gift is partially the deed of anonymous hackers: a publication in the Guardian notes that over “two million messages and other documents have been intercepted.” Deutsche Welle cites the incredible number of 120 000 companies which made the...

The EU drug markets report is the first comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union. It covers issues such as production, consumer markets, trafficking, organized crime and policy responses, along with a review of the markets for heroin, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and new psychoactive substances. It concludes with concrete action points f...

Giovanni Kessler, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), launched the idea of an European prosecutor to operate in all member states. These statements were made during official visits in Bulgaria and Lithuania in September. The European parliament Special Committee on Organised crime, corruption and money laundering further clarified the concept in its press-release from Octobe...