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Eurojust and Europol have coordinated an international action that took down Archetyp, one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces for drugs. The platform had around 3 200 vendors and more than 600 000 users, who traded drugs. Archetyp’s creator was arrested, along with 7 other people.
2025 marks 30 years of the Schengen Information System (SIS), the IT backbone of the Schengen area that helps keep this border-free zone both secure and operational. Every day, SIS helps authorities locate missing persons, intercept criminals at borders, recover stolen assets, and more.
This year’s European Heritage Awards honour cultural professionals and volunteers from 24 European countries, who are working to conserve our heritage. From restoring a church roof in Austria and a market in Cyprus to 3D models of historic shipwrecks in Finland and a children’s festival in Ukraine.