Europe

A Somali migrant sentenced to 142 years in prison in Greece for human trafficking has had his sentence overturned after receiving legal support from EU lawmakers. Mohammed Hanad Abdi received the verdict after his capture off the coast of...

Credit Suisse managed accounts for clients involved in corruption and drug trafficking, Sunday's "Suisse Secrets" data leak showed. A self-described whistle-blower leaked data on more than 18,000 bank accounts, collectively holding more than $100 billion, to the German newspaper Süddeutsche...

A Greek citizen has been arrested in Italy for trafficking marihuana, announced the Italian AGI news agency. The port police in the city of Ancona found 27 kg of marihuana hidden between the rear seats of a car coming from...

Ioannis Ballas, a 33-year-old  self-employed plumber from Enfield who left Greece due to hard economic circumstances there, was sent in prison for two years due to his involvement in trafficking immigrants along the A14 in the United Kingdom. Police said...

A human trafficker from Turkey has disclosed the methods he used to smuggle illegal immigrants into Greece and charged that he had bribed a Greek Coast Guard official to look the other way. In an interview with the Turkish newspaper...

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) published its latest report on the implementation of the EU Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings by Cyprus, showing that there are several and serious gaps in terms of prevention, protection...

Two Bulgarians have been arrested in the city of Patra in southern Greece and charged with human trafficking The Bulgaria News Agency (BTA) reported. An unnamed man was arrested along with a Kurdish national during an attempt to smuggle...

The European Union's border agency has requested "clarifications and information" from Greece's coast guard regarding two reported incidents of migrants allegedly being unlawfully deported back to Turkey after crossing by boat, a European official claimed on Friday. Frontex's executive director,...

Tragedy struck off the coast of Italy's Calabria region as a wooden sailing boat carrying refugees reportedly crashed into rocks; the death toll has so far reached 62. Rescue efforts recovered the bodies of two more victims from the sea,...

Dozens of Greek youth marched in the center of Athens on Sunday in solidarity with social media influencer Andrew Tate who has been arrested in Romania on allegations of trafficking and rape. Videos uploaded on social media show the youth...

Greek-led Operation IRINI proceeded with the seizure of the commercial vessel MV Meerdijk on October 11. According to an announcement made on Wednesday, the ship was carrying armored vehicles to Libya, a violation of the arms embargo on Libya...

Over 100,000 Greek artifacts are stored underground in the vaults of the British Museum, the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM) revealed over the weekend. The BCRPM says that using Freedom of Information provisions, it has...

Officials in Ukraine say that Russia has looted a number of museums and has removed valuable exhibits, including ancient Greek gold artifacts given by the Greeks to the Scythians. The Scythians were a nomadic people that founded a rich, powerful...

Turkey admitted openly on Wednesday that it sent "thousands" of ISIS terrorists to the West. "We have sent thousands of members of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization to the West because they transferred them to conflict zones," Soylu said. "They...

Germany is preparing to legalize cannabis for recreational use. The country's coalition government announced on Tuesday that it would permit "the controlled sale of cannabis to adults for recreational purposes in licensed shops." The new proposal seeks to create a...