Author: Sergio Cantone
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Europol says traditional criminal activities have been weaponized by a teaming up of gangsters and “hostile state-actors such as Russia and Belarus” Europol officials say criminal organizations are agile, borderless and they work to destabilize. The new Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCA) report points out that organised crime is no longer a nationally based and rooted entity. In 2024, Europol’s budget amounted to more than 220 millions Euros. One of the most concrete and visible acts of hostile hybrid warfare is the use of illegal immigration to destabilize the political landscape of the EU. It is also a prototypical case of the synergy between organized crime and state actors. Polish deputy-interior minister Maciej Duszczyk tells Euronews. “this is the modus operandi of the criminal gangs who cooperate very closely with the Belarusian and Russian government”
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