Police crackdown saves 30 children, arrests over 1,000 people

ver 1,000 people were arrested in a nine-day police sweep co-ordinated by the EU’s police agency Europol in September 2014.

Europol chief Rob Wainwright described the operation as “a milestone in attempts by the law enforcement” to break apart crime group networks across the EU.

The EU-wide police manoeuvres hit gangs involved in people trafficking, cybercrime, narcotics, firearms and fraud.

Code-named Operation Archimedes, the police raid saved 30 trafficked children who were destined for sexual abuse.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Police Office (Europol) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation-europol/

Euronews, 24.09.14: Europol launches biggest ever Europe-wide crackdown on organised crime http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/24/europol-launches-biggest-ever-europe-wide-crackdown-on-organised-crime/

The Guardian, 24.09.14: EU crackdown on organised crime results in 1,000 arrests http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/eu-crackdown-organised-crime-1000-arrests

Deutsche Welle, 24.09.14: 'Operation Archimedes' yields 1,000 organized crime arrests for Europol http://dw.de/p/1DJeQ

BBC News, 24.09.14: More than 1,000 arrested in huge EU crime crackdown http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29344979

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