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Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says

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Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That's the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency.

has identified 821 particularly threatening criminal networks with more than 25,000 members in the bloc.

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