European police and drug agencies are concerned at an “unprecedented increase” in the size of heroin seizures — with a number of countries recording record hauls.

In January 2014, a man was arrested as part of a major investigation into online child sexual exploitation. The individual had more than 80 social networking profiles, email addresses, and video chat accounts to sexually abuse children via webcams on compute

Europe is being bombarded with a “relentless supply” of new synthetic drugs, posing unknown risks to users, the European drugs agency has warned.

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THE counterfeit money plant busted in Laois was “one of the biggest and most sophisticated” ever found in Europe and had the capacity to produce around €200 million worth of fake euro notes.

A SOPHISTICATED currency counterfeit operation uncovered in rural Co Laois was capable of producing millions of euro notes, gardaí suspect.

MORE than twice as many seizures of cocaine are being made in Ireland per head of population than the EU average.

HEAD shop products will continue to change at an “unprecedented speed” in order to circumvent legal controls, the EU’s drugs agency has said.

ORGANISED criminals in Ireland know each other and often co-operate in conducting criminal activities, according to a major new report.

INTERNATIONAL police forces will come together in Dublin this weekend in a bid to step up the fight against drug trafficking and money laundering by terrorists.