• Huge Law Enforcement operation in Europe ends successfully
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[quote]Focused on disrupting the activities of the most threatening criminal groups and top targets active in key crime hotspots across Europe, the intelligence-led Operation Archimedes saw the participation of law enforcement officers from all 28 EU Member States as well as Australia, Colombia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and the USA (ICE and CBP). In the largest period of joint action days held so far in the EU, raids and other interventions took place between 15-23 September 2014 in hundreds of locations including airports, border-crossing points, ports and specific crime hot spots in towns and cities all of which had featured variously in Europol's SOCTA1, criminal intelligence reports from EU Member States and third countries and analytical products drawn from Europol's criminal databases. Results from the operational actions include: 1027 individuals arrested 599 kg of cocaine and 200 kg of heroin seized 1.3 tonnes of cannabis seized 30 children saved from trafficking.[/quote] [URL="https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/organised-crime-networks-targeted-huge-law-enforcement-operation-europe"]Source[/URL]
[quote]1.3 tonnes of cannabis seized[/quote] That's a lot of weed [editline]24th September 2014[/editline] [quote]30 children saved from trafficking.[/quote] Also awesome, although makes you wonder how many get missed.
1.3 fucking tons...
If they smoke that shit, they'll be high for days. [sp]greenandpurplegreenandpurplegreenandpurplegreenandpurple[/sp]
Take all of it to the center of a big city and start a bonfire
The real haul is 200kg of Heroin.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46065237]Take all of it to the center of a big city and start a bonfire[/QUOTE] Better yet, dump it into that erupting Icelandic volcano and give everyone across Europe the day off.
[QUOTE=Wiggles;46065398]Better yet, dump it into that erupting Icelandic volcano and give everyone across Europe the day off.[/QUOTE] This is the only sane solution
aw man where the fuck am I gonna get my 599kg of sweet booger sugar now
I would have expected to find more slaves.
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;46065145]That's a lot of weed [editline]24th September 2014[/editline] Also awesome, although [B]makes you wonder how many get missed.[/B][/QUOTE] Wow thanks man, I was all hyped that all this good shit happened and you had to drop that on me? Why cant anyone on FP be an optimist for once.
[QUOTE=Superkilll307;46066745]Wow thanks man, I was all hyped that all this good shit happened and you had to drop that on me? Why cant anyone on FP be an optimist for once.[/QUOTE] We in SH only believe in Orwellian future. The glass is always full of shit for us.
Obligatory sarcastic comment about weed seizure not helping anything
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;46066091]I would have expected to find more slaves.[/QUOTE] Any life saved from sex trafficking is good but 30 seems like a really underwhelming number
[QUOTE=person11;46067106]Any life saved from sex trafficking is good but 30 seems like a really underwhelming number[/QUOTE] Well it's not like they went specifically for child trafficking rings, they caught whoever they had intel on at the time (15-23 September)
Jesus, 200 kg of heroin? That's 10 to 15 million dollars right there.
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;46066091]I would have expected to find more slaves.[/QUOTE] roughly 10% of the arrests were for causes of human trafficking. It's possible they didn't release the victim count, beyond trafficked children count. There's a chance a lot of the adults are still in processing.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;46065336]The real haul is 200kg of Heroin.[/QUOTE] I'd say kids > people choosing to throw away their lives.
Heh, never knew law enforcements also conduct overseas operations
what would be your definition of a success then?
[QUOTE=Retardation;46069179]Pretty ineffective operation they had there, seems like a purely PR-based operation meant for publication rather than one based on real-life, tangible impact. They seized a million euros in this operation. From 34 countries. That's literally chump change as far as organized crime goes, as well as a couple of hundred of kg of marijuana and cocaine. That would be impressive if it was seized in a single city, not from 34 entire countries. Sounds like a pretty shitty accomplishment all in all, wouldn't really call it a 'success'. People saved from human trafficking is pretty great, but again, the amount of people saved is barely enough to put a dent to anything at all because tomorrow, those 30 children victims will be replaced by 200 fresh ones. And out of those 1030 arrested persons, only 30 or so will actually face serious jail time most likely. EUROPOL as well as INTERPOL continues to be useless simply because they are spread too thin, and this notion is reinforced by the fact that these kind of "massive" operations are cheerfully paraded with such terrible results.[/QUOTE] You do know this is only the first step, right? Everything they gathered today also includes leads to other stashes and criminals that they will roll up in the following months? The results of this operation are a lot more widespread than just what they got this one week, but the rest will take more time.
[QUOTE=Retardation;46071388]You do know that a massive operation like that doesn't have "steps", right? Criminals aren't retarded, when you move in, you generally do it when you have enough not to just take down the movers and sellers, but also the suppliers and those who call the shots, since they are the actual root of the problem. Clearing out a few stashes isn't really very effective. An operation like this, especially one that is so publicized, only alerts every other scumbag on the street to borrow as deep underground as he can, especially those who are the top. They're going to be twice as hard to catch now after an operation like this. Which is why it's generally not a good idea to try and make "sweep arrests" but rather carefully build your case against every individual as they appear and cut them down when you have enough evidence to put them away for decades instead of months or a few years at best.[/QUOTE] And on what data/education are you basing your statements on? The ones planning this operation without a doubt knows what they are doing and have data, educations, and experiences to base it all on. So what makes you right and they wrong?
[QUOTE=Retardation;46071388]You do know that a massive operation like that doesn't have "steps", right? Criminals aren't retarded, when you move in, you generally do it when you have enough not to just take down the movers and sellers, but also the suppliers and those who call the shots, since they are the actual root of the problem. Clearing out a few stashes isn't really very effective. An operation like this, especially one that is so publicized, only alerts every other scumbag on the street to borrow as deep underground as he can, especially those who are the top. They're going to be twice as hard to catch now after an operation like this. Which is why it's generally not a good idea to try and make "sweep arrests" but rather carefully build your case against every individual as they appear and cut them down when you have enough evidence to put them away for decades instead of months or a few years at best.[/QUOTE] You have no idea what you're talking about. The reason why they moved in now was because they had enough evidence and a good shot at taking out as many as possible. By striking them all at once they won't be able to reorganize as fast and that gives law enforcement extra time to throw spanners in their works. If you were to just arrest them one at a time in trickles, you won't achieve much.
If they arrested 1027 individuals I assume they managed to cast the net on some major players and leaders, not just random henchmen.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46065237]Take all of it to the center of a big city and start a bonfire[/QUOTE] To the center of the city and start a Bong Fire, I say.
[QUOTE=Retardation;46071388]You do know that a massive operation like that doesn't have "steps", right? Criminals aren't retarded, when you move in, you generally do it when you have enough not to just take down the movers and sellers, but also the suppliers and those who call the shots, since they are the actual root of the problem. Clearing out a few stashes isn't really very effective. An operation like this, especially one that is so publicized, only alerts every other scumbag on the street to borrow as deep underground as he can, especially those who are the top. They're going to be twice as hard to catch now after an operation like this. Which is why it's generally not a good idea to try and make "sweep arrests" but rather carefully build your case against every individual as they appear and cut them down when you have enough evidence to put them away for decades instead of months or a few years at best.[/QUOTE] The police are probably going to try and flip them to get more people involved in exchange for less (or no) jail time.
[QUOTE]1.3 tonnes of cannabis[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]joint action[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Wiggles;46065398]Better yet, dump it into that erupting Icelandic volcano and give everyone across Europe the day off.[/QUOTE] Volcano bong [editline]25th September 2014[/editline] [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=p48-G4KmRXk[/media]
That 599kg makes me think they missed 1kg.
[QUOTE=SgtTupelo;46074284]That 599kg makes me think they missed 1kg.[/QUOTE] or maybe it was misplaced...
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