EUROJUST BREAKING NEWS

5 December 2018

Today, supported by a coordination centre at Eurojust, judicial and law enforcement authorities from the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Belgium are currently executing arrests and seizures against a ‘Ndrangheta criminal group involved in cocaine trafficking, money laundering, bribery and violence. Today’s action, code named ‘Pollino’, is the result of an intensive joint investigation that started in 2016 and has been coordinated at European level.

Press conference at Eurojust at 12:00 CET today, Wednesday 5 December 2018, following conclusion of the actions.

Key representatives from the four involved Member States, Eurojust and Europol will be represented. The press conference will be livestreamed*.

Eurojust is the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, located in The Hague.

*The link and code for the webcast: https://streams.nfgd.nl/eurojust-press-conference, code: EUROJUST. For use with mobile devices (Android and IOS), you can download the Connect2U app, also using the code EUROJUST).