Crime
Suspicious sports results? Mafia might have fixed them
Wednesday 18 November 2020 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
Organised crime groups make an estimated €120 million of profit a year from betting-related match-fixing in sports events. Not only football matches are fixed, but tennis results are also manipulated more and more. And sports mafia are no longer only corrupting players, but clubs too.
753 people have died in terrorist attacks in the EU since 2000
Monday 09 December 2019 |
Laszlo Arato Szémann Tamás
| EUrologus
1868. This is the total number of terrorism victims during the last nineteen years, who have either lost their lives in attacks in the European Union, or as European citizens outside the EU's territory. The EU has adopted several directives to combat terrorist acts, but certain member states have yet to transpose them into national law.
European journalists face growing dangers
Wednesday 22 April 2020 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci Gian-Paolo Accardo
| VoxEurop
The latest Press Freedom Index (2020 edition) released by Reporters Without Borders highlights once again the risks journalists face worldwide. Coronavirus is only the latest threat to the profession.
How the pandemic is transforming the illegal drug market
Tuesday 21 July 2020 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The economic impact of Covid-19 has been immense, influencing all our lives. So far, however, the illegal drug market has not suffered unduly, and in some countries it is booming due to the capacity of criminals to adapt.
Timber mafia and deforestation in Romania
in depth
Tuesday 18 February 2020 |
Christoph Lehermayr Sebastian Reinhart
Johannes Kaiser
| Addendum
Virgin forests in Central-Eastern Europe are the last remaining ones on the continent, yet they are being mercilessly torn down. Part of this multi-billion euro industry is a mafia-like system that stretches all the way from Romania to Ukraine. Austrian timber companies are right at the heart of it.
What about the security of security guards?
Monday 16 December 2019 |
Ana Kuzmanić Ivana Perić
| H-Alter
Security guards in Croatia suffer from harsh working conditions: extremely long work shifts, poor equipment, minimum salary. They are overburned and cannot have a proper private life, but they have little alternatives. Yet security business is flourishing in Europe, and companies make millions of revenues.
Europe is not so safe for journalists
Tuesday 24 October 2017 |
Gian-Paolo Accardo | VoxEurop
Although journalists work in a relatively safe environment in Europe, they sometimes pay the highest price for doing their job
People behind bars in Europe
Friday 11 January 2019 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci | VoxEurop
Since the turn of the century, the Old Continent stands out as the only macro-region experiencing declining numbers in its prison population. However, positive developments in Russia are key in explaining the trend. The EU benefits from the positive dynamics in Eastern and Central Europe. Recent data for Italy are worrisome.
Human trafficking in Europe monitored by GRETA
Tuesday 10 April 2018 |
VoxEurop Each year since 2012, the Council of Europe publishes a report from the Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Traffickers in Human Beings (GRETA) on trafficking for labour exploitation in Europe.
Arms in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe (SEESAC)
Saturday 02 February 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa The SEESAC organization publishes data on the proliferation of light weapons, on armed violence, as well as on regional arms exports.
