EU Commission proposes a legislative directive for the confiscation of criminal assets at European level. An unprecedented and crucial step in the fight against organized crime.

Everybody knows it, mafia does not exist in France. Organised crime maybe, but what kind? Let's take a look at the recent events that took place in France that could definitely define the past months as the “bloody summer”.

Information gathered by Balkanalysis.com from police sources, media reports and special field research in Athens indicates a steep increase in organized crime in Greece.

The European Arrest Warrant, a fast-track extradition system, has been praised by prosecutors and police forces as an effective measure against transnational organised crime, terrorism and serious offences

Author of worldwide best seller "The Fix", Declan Hill has been pushing for years international sport institutions to adopt more efficient countermeasure for countering corruption and match-fixing in sports, particularly in soccer.

Sexual exploitation of children and women trafficked into Northern Ireland by international crime gangs is on the rise across the province, a major Government report has warned

Schengen visa liberalisation has become the European Union’s engagement ring countries in South Eastern Europe that aspire to membership of the bloc

When Spanish police announced the arrest of about 80 reputed mobsters across Europe last week, many media reports trumpeted the development as the latest crackdown on the Russian mafia

Drug violence spills onto streets of Spanish resort towns, turning the Iberian country into a laundering money heaven for international organised crime gangs.