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Italy raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes
Date: December 18, 2025
ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An illegal tobacco factory that produced four million counterfeit cigarettes per day, evading millions of euros in taxes and duties, has been uncovered and seized near Rome,...

Greece arrests five over cocaine trafficking on ship from Venezuela to Europe
Date: December 15, 2025
ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Greek police have arrested five suspected members of an international crime ring trafficking an estimated seven tonnes of cocaine from Venezuela to Europe on a Greek-...

Illegal migrants to face clothing and mouth searches for phones at UK ports
Date: December 2, 2025
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Police in Britain will be able to require illegal migrants to remove their coats and allow mouth searches at British ports so officers can look for mobile phones or SIM cards...

Leader of Ecuador's Los Lobos drug trafficking gang arrested in Spain
Date: November 16, 2025
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador has arrested the leader of one of the country's biggest drug trafficking gangs, Los Lobos, in an operation with Spanish police, President Daniel Noboa said on Sunday. Wilmer...

Turks in northern Greece held pending trial for smuggling weapons
Date: October 9, 2025
ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek court has ruled that 12 Turks arrested in northern Greece on accusations of participating in an international criminal group smuggling weapons into the country should be...
Italian police raid Dali exhibition, say works on display were fake
Date: October 1, 2025
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's art heritage police said on Wednesday they raided a Salvador Dali exhibition and seized 21 works attributed to the famous Spanish surrealist painter that are presumed to be...
