EU plagued by hundreds of dangerous crime gangs: Europol report

The EU is confronted with 821 very dangerous criminal gangs, whose bosses issue orders from as far as Dubai or South America, Europol said Friday in a comprehensive report.Crime bosses were most often located in the country where their gangs operated, "but in six percent of cases the leaders are outside the EU," De Bolle said, with the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Morocco and South America cited as favoured places.

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