EUROPOL HAILS SUCCESS OF EU SCRAP METAL CRIME OPERATION
June 8th, 2014
European Union (EU) police agency Europol has hailed as a success a two-day operation against illicit scrap dealers, which yielded 271 arrests and identified 146 cases of theft across Europe. Law enforcement teams, backed by the EU unit, checked 8,300 scrap metal dealers in 20 European countries. Police also checked border roads, railway tracks and construction sites, as well as scrapyards, with specific scrapyards suspected of handling stolen goods getting special attention. During the operation, cross-checks were made in real time with Europol's databases to ...
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