COPPER CONFISCATED IN EUROPOL STOLEN METAL OPERATION
June 1st, 2013
European metal thieves have been targeted by an international law enforcement operation coordinated by European Union (EU) police agency Europol. Its officials said that more than 120 tonnes of stolen copper was confiscated in Italy alone and there were many arrests, with 37 made in just country – Bulgaria. Europol did not reveal the continent-wide haul of metal and total arrests, but its director Rob Wainwright said: “There are many organised crime groups involved in the large-scale theft of metals. They and the scrap dealers who buy copper cable stolen from ...
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