Authorities in Spain and Germany have provided additional details about their involvement in Operation Opson X.
The annual crackdown is coordinated by Interpol and Europol with police, customs, national food
More than 15,000 tons of food and drink worth $60 million has been seized globally in operations targeting fake and potentially dangerous products.
Operation Opson X involved 72 countries
Authorities in Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium have provided more details of their roles in an international operation focused on potentially dangerous food and beverages.
Operation Opson IX, coordinated by
More than $40 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drink has been seized in an operation coordinated by Europol and Interpol.
Operation Opson IX dismantled 19 organized crime groups
Food authenticity experts have said an increase in food fraud is inevitable because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Food Authenticity Network Advisory Board had a meeting earlier this month and,
Spanish authorities have busted a suspected organized crime group selling horse meat that could have been unfit for human consumption.
The Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) was supported by Europol.
Authorities in Spain and Portugal have uncovered what they are calling a criminal network involving contaminated clams that sickened up to 30 people.
The investigation involved the Portuguese Economic and
A number of people have been arrested on allegations they knew that meat, which caused a large Listeria outbreak in Spain, was contaminated.
Individuals were aware since December 2018 that
Spanish police have arrested one of the alleged ringleaders of the 2013 horse meat scandal.
Guardia Civil detained Dutchman Jan Fasen in Calpe, Alicante last month at the request of
More than $117 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drink has been seized in an operation coordinated by Interpol and Europol.
Operation Opson VIII found tampered expiration dates on
Authorities from six European countries have dismantled an alleged criminal organization that sold fish unfit for consumption.
Fish was stored in, and transported to, several EU countries in improper and
Authorities have dismantled an organized crime group trading in adulterated olive oil in Germany and Italy.
The operation named “Oro Giallo” — Yellow gold in English — involving Europol, Eurojust, the NAS
