A RANKING with which this country cannot be pleased is its position in Europol’s list of top 10 money-laundering centres.

There have been renewed calls for the Garda Commissioner to resign after reports she unsuccessfully applied for a top job in Europol but now will remain on as the head of the force.

Ireland was one of eight EU countries targeted in a sophisticated cocaine-trafficking operation from Brazil which involved 200 couriers.

2.38 tonnes of cocaine have been seized, 529 human trafficking victims identified and 386 individuals have been arrested following a week-long international operation carried out in over 11,000 locations worldwide.

Portuguese and European police say they have broken up a cell of an important Russian mafia group that allegedly laundered money through European football clubs.

‘Paris attacks show shift toward a broader strategy of IS going global’

The head of the EU's police agency, Europol, is warning Islamic State militants are setting up training camps in Europe.

Denmark has voted to keep a 23-year-old opt-out from justice affairs, taking a step away from closer ties with the European Union, according to projections.

Twenty three suspects have been arrested in raids targeting an organised crime gang believed to have smuggled thousands of migrants into Europe, the European Union’s police agency has said.

Concerns are being raised about online sales of sexualised images of children, either uploaded voluntarily to social networks or extorted from minors.

Michael Flatley and his family were in their lavish 18th-century home last night as thieves broke in and stole a rhino horn.

Ireland and the rest of Europe is facing a rising threat from the return of radicalised fighters from Syria and North Africa, according to a former top Irish garda heading the EU police agency in the US.

Cormac O’Keeffe says Europol is worried about the arrival of Mexican drug violence

The terror attacks on New York almost 12 years ago hardened attitudes on security in a way that very often jars with the expectations of those happy to live in, or visit, a free, tolerant and open society.