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Greece: Supermarket hijackers arrested

Police in Greece said they have broken up one of the best organized crime groups that operated in the wider area of Athens. Four Albanians, whose identities have not been revealed, are now behind bars on suspicion that they took some EUR 1.25mn in 26 hijackings of vehicles that transported money from supermarkets.

“Crime groups, separatists main threat”

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said that there were 27 registered organized crime groups at the end of 2009 in Serbia. He said that these crime groups have more than 200 members and that most sell and smuggle drugs.

IM hails “historic cooperation”

A police service fighting organized crime cooperated with the Special Prosecution for Organized Crime to arrested members of two organized crime groups. The groups operated on the territory of Belgrade and Novi Sad and were headed by suspects identified as Željko Kostic and Tibor Vinker, Interior Minister Ivaca Dačić stated on Sunday.

Romanian Police, FBI Bust 70 in eBay Fraud Case

Law enforcement officials arrest 70 people in a series of raids all over the world tied to an online scam targeting eBay users.
– Law enforcement officials from Romania
and the United States
arrested 70 members of three different organized crime groups for their
roles in an online scam targeting eBay.
The arrests came in a series
of raids by the Romanian Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime
and Terrorism tha…


MUP to probe crime ties claims

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said that he will order an investigation into the media claims of ties between a drug smuggling boss and police officials. Dačić told B92 that he is convinced that no senior police officials are cooperating with organized crime groups.