Europe crime sweep - In a mere ten days, over 300 operations done by police officers from 28 European Union including Norway, Serbia, Colombia, Switzerland and the United States managed to capture a thousand suspects. These suspects were involved in sex trafficking, narcotics trafficking, illegal gun trafficking and cybercrimes.
In addition to the Europe crime sweep that captured over a thousand suspects, around 200 victims involved in human trafficking have been identified by the European Union police officers. Included in the Europe crime sweep, thirty Romanian children had been saved from the hands of child traffickers. These children were to be used for slave labour or as sex slaves.
The Europe crime sweep named Operation Archimedes is reportedly the biggest coordinated attack on crime groups in Europe. Chief of Europol, Rob Wainwright explained how Operation Archimedes was done in a mere ten days.
"We designed an operation specifically to hit criminal infrastructure. Multiple criminal enterprises, some of them the most serious, have been disrupted right across Europe," stated Rob Wainwright.
Europe's crime sweep, Operation Archimedes, was necessary due to the interconnectedness and intricacy of the crime groups in the country. Such European crime groups gravitated toward the use of "dark net" for communication, which is basically encrypted internet. Operation Archimedes was carried out in airports, harbours and towns.
"Months in the planning, it was a carefully coordinated series of attacks on key nodal points and crime sectors that underpin the underground crime economy in Europe. What we have seen emerging is an integrated underground criminal economy," continued Rob Wainwright.
In total, 250 arrests were made in Spain, 200 arrest were made in Bulgaria and 1,027 arrests in Europe. European police also managed to seize 200 kilograms of heroin, 1.3 tonnes of cannabis and 600 kilograms of cocaine.
According to Europol's chief Rob Wainwright, Europe crime sweep aka Operation Archimedes will continue. More arrests will follow.
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