Published on 26/06/2026 – 18:22 GMT+2 Organised crime in the EU evolves rapidly, becomes increasingly sophisticated, transnational and resilient, the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, stressed on Friday. A staggering 731 criminal networks have been identified as operating within the EU, with over 400,000 members from 118 nationalities. Their main business areas are drug trafficking, followed by fraud and online fraud. The EU’s law enforcement agency highlights, in particular, the rise in cybercrime. “All crime is nurtured online, is accelerated by AI and technology,” Jürgen Ebner, Acting Executive Director of Europol, said Friday during a press conference in Brussels. Criminal…

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For decades, prison reform has largely been discussed through the lenses of education, vocational training, mental health treatment, and substance abuse programming. Those initiatives remain critical. Yet another force continues to shape the lives of incarcerated people in ways that are often overlooked by policymakers and critics alike: faith.The topic…

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