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On November 18, 2011, the French police, in collaboration with Europol,[1] arrested members of a Georgian and Armenian organized crime group.[2] The raid was conducted simultaneously in different cities in the south of France and Paris by the Task Force of the National Gendarmerie (Central Office for Combating Itinerant Delinquency and Gendarmerie of Midi-Pyrénées).
[1] Europol is the European Union law enforcement agency that handles criminal intelligence. Its aim is to improve the effectiveness and co–operation between the competent authorities of the Member States in preventing and combating all forms of serious international organized crime and terrorism.
[2] Europol supports French Police dismantle Russian speaking organized crime group, Nov. 18, 2011 https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/press/europol-supports-french-police-dismantle-r ussian-speaking-organised-crime-group-1191.