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Europol secret services across EU countries is preparing to dispatch 200 officers to Greece over the coming days in order to detect possible extremist islamic factions of ISIS operating at refugee hotspots. The operation, referred to in an interview...

According to officials from Europol, fake passports destined for the terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) have been discovered at refugee camps in Greece, Italian newspaper La Stampa reports. The paper says that Europol...

Europol anti-terror experts are to travel to Greece in an effort to track would-be jihadists amongst the migrants stuck in the country's camps, according to AFP, citing a Hellenic Police source. The team is expected to be in Greece by...

According to an annual report published by Europol, the three main countries that have served as transit countries in 2015 for European-born Islamists are Greece, Turkey and Italy. It comes as no surprise to most as these countries are centrally located...

An undercover investigation in Chania, Crete, ended with the arrest of five police officers who played a role in smuggling weapons and ammunition in frozen meat packaging. The officers, charged with participating in a conspiracy ring and arms smuggling,...

The Czech Republic and Greece have coordinated a police raid exposing an international criminal network of migrant smugglers and document forgers. The Czech police have released a video of the raid that took place at the end of May. The...

A group of companies and a non-governmental organizations, all based in Athens, Greece, were acting as a front for migrant trafficking outfits operating around Omonia Square, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Friday. The rings supplied refugees and migrants...

People traffickers made profits exceeding 5 billion dollars by transporting refugees and migrants to Europe in 2015, according to Interpol and Europol. According to the joint report, nine out of ten refugees and migrants who entered the European Union in...

Europol is to send 200 officers to Greece next month in order to identify possible terrorists among migrants and refugees. The European Union's law enforcement agents will be deployed in refugee registration centers and camps across the country in order...

Europol has deployed a team of undercover agents in Greece's hotspots to locate jihadists and people smugglers, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. The European Union police agency is taking the precaution after the Islamic State terrorist attack in Paris...