The report contains information about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and terrorist threats to the European Union.
According to these data, law enforcement is aware of a number of cases in which individuals tried to leave Ukraine with firearms. The police service also suggests that smuggling hideouts have been set up along the Ukrainian border with the EU.
According to Europol, some countries that have accepted large numbers of refugees fear that some of them are carrying firearms for self-defense. The police also suspect that some Ukrainians smuggled weapons across the border for sale or exchange for goods or services. In particular, there are reports of cases where weapons could be used to “pay” for taxi rides.
Europol spokesman Jan Op Gen Oort told dpa that there have been cases of firearms and other military goods being traded from Ukraine on the black market. Law enforcement agencies of individual EU states do not rule out trade in heavy weapons. “There is a risk that it will fall into the hands of organized crime groups or terrorists,” a Europol spokesman said.
On the darknet, he said, a British Javelin man-portable anti-aircraft missile system was put up for sale. At the same time, Europol does not rule out that such proposals may be “part of Russian propaganda with the aim of creating a negative attitude towards the supply of Western weapons.”
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