Estonian interior ministry information technology and development centre announced that Estonia successfully started using the Schengen second generation information system, Public Broadcasting reports. All Schengen visa area members have joined the system that offers faster and more thorough data exchange and hence safer internal security. The transition to the Schengen second generation information channels was a part of the pan-European 8-year cooperation.

Romanian police have raided seven credit card skimming rings accused of stealing more than two million euros ($2.5 million) from European and US card holders, officials said on Thursday. Police coordinated searches on Thursday in Romania, Britain, Germany, the United States and the Dominican Republic to break up the rings, apprehending more than 70 suspects, Romanian prosecutors said.

A Swedish court Friday sentenced a 40-year-old Swede as the mastermind behind a drug ring linked to a massive Caribbean cocaine bust to 18 years in prison. Jonas Oredsson led a drug ring linked to a record cocaine bust in June 2010 on a sailboat off Martinique, where police seized Colombian cocaine worth around one billion kronor (120 million euros, $156 million). French customs said the 1.2-tonne haul was the largest drug find in the country's history. The punishment reflected Oredsson's criminal record, the Stockholm District court said in a statement.

Spanish police and Europol have busted a global cybercrime operation that infected millions of computers with a virus that falsely accused victims of viewing child pornography and demanded a fine payment, officials said Wednesday. Police detained 11 people as part of the operation, including a 27-year-old Russian suspected of creating and distributing the virus, Europol director Rob Wainwright told a news conference in Madrid.