LISBON (Reuters) - New gangs are muscling into cocaine markets in Europe, setting up smuggling networks straight from producers in Latin America to consumers, a business which used to be dominated by ...

Brazilian gangs are now integral players feeding Europe's cocaine market, valued at more than 9 billion euros ($10.15 billion), according to a Reuters analysis of customs data on cocaine seizures, ...

From spectacular smash-and-grabs to stealthy lone thieves, sophisticated crime networks have carried out a wave of high-profile jewelry heists in... For European Gangs, A Gem Of A Growth Industry: ...

From armed gangs posing as police and detonating explosives in broad daylight, to thieves smashing their way into world-famous galleries, violent robberies have become an alarmingly regular occurrence ...

Across Europe, criminal gangs are becoming more powerful and their recruits are getting younger. The authorities are struggling to respond. In Sweden, gang warfare has been raging for years, driven by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Europol swoop targets pan-European gang charging up to €15,000 for fake luxury wine Simultaneous raids by French, Italian and ...

Criminal gangs are recruiting children as young as 13 across Europe for violent acts such as planting exposives, shootings and physical assault, cross-border investigative agency Europol has warned.

AMSTERDAM—Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now rattling the peace in some of the world’s safest societies.

Sweden has been turned into the European Union's gun-homicide capital after becoming the stage of dozens of deadly shootings over the past few years. Across 2022, 62 people were killed in shootings ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has told the BBC he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his "war" against criminal gangs. He added he wants US President Donald Trump to designate ...