The whiff of corruption used to hang like a fog over French politics - but are things not supposed to have changed?

Lyon’s second-in-command police chief and three other senior officers have been arrested over claims by internal investigators that they were complicit in drug trafficking and corruption, rocking the French police force to its core.

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

Nine Bulgarians have been arrested in an international police operation, targeting an organized crime group for human trafficking from Bulgaria to Germany and France, the Interior Ministry has announced

A founder of one of the world's most sophisticated Internet sites for trafficking stolen credit card information has been arrested by French police

Cross-Channel operation leads to arrest of 26 people suspected of attempting to smuggle hundreds of migrants to Britain

A top mafia boss and one of Italy’s most wanted men has been arrested in the south of France after a decade on the run, officials said

Police launched a specialised operation in Varna aimed at disrupting trafficking rings sending women to France for prostitution

Prominent Turkish businessman Cem Uzan, now a fugitive seeking asylum in France, was sentenced to 23 years in jail Thursday on corruption charges, Anatolia news agency reported

In a joint operation with the French Police, the Spanish National Police has arrested in Fuengirola (Malaga) two French twin brothers suspected of crimes against public health