A special parliamentary committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering was created by Parliament on Wednesday. It has a year to investigate infiltration of the EU's legal economy, public administration and financial systems by organised crime, including mafias, and propose ways to fight it.

A senior official with Europol, the EU crime-busting agency, has voiced concern about "worrying" new trends in the illegal drugs market.

The trade of illegal and counterfeit pesticides is proliferating in Europe reports Europol. The exceptional ‘low risk – high profit’ margin, combined with the lack of harmonisation in legislation and implementation, make this a fast growing area of organised crime.

The European Commission will propose today (25 October) new plans to tackle the growing use of drugs in Europe, with the intent of countering the spread of new substances and the use of legal chemicals in the production of drugs such as cocaine or heroin.

Former German international Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has launched a scathing attack on football's rulers and wants clubs to be given a bigger say in running the sport, it was reported Wednesday

Gains made in tackling global use of cocaine and heroin are being offset by rising consumption of synthetic and prescription drugs, the UN says

Almost one tonne of cocaine and 160 kg of hashish have been seized in an international police operation led by the Spanish Civil Guard and coordinated by Europol

A Bulgarian yacht loaded with more than 300 kg of cocaine has been detained in the sea close to the French coast during a joint operation of the Bulgarian and French authorities

Match-fixing operations have resulted in murders committed by organised crime gangs in Europe, a senior German police investigator said on Monday

Organized crime groups in Europe have become more versatile in their interests and more reliant on the Internet, says a report released on Wednesday by Europe’s law enforcement agency, Europol