we enquire with europol, but they won't give an interview on is known to europol.riginal documents are in high demand with illegal migrants europol mentioned a growing business trend but doesn't cite any exact figures. we head off to the netherlands. on a facebook forum, we've contacted a syrian who made it into europe by plane on a real passport. he's a syrian chemist in his early thirties. it took him over a year to reach western europe. his brother was granted refugee status, but he was denied entry for lack of a visa. so he turned to a smuggler. the route took him from syria through turkey to greece and then to athens airport. >> the smuggler looked at me and picked out some photos on his laptop that resembled me. he had lots of refugee passports as well as regular passports of all nationalities. this man looked quite normal -- not like a criminal, but more like a salesman. he wasn't the violent type or a slave trader. it was just his business to smuggle people. reporter: the syrian passed 3500 euros to a middle man, and two days later, he was on a plane out of

so far, europol and the spanish civil guard said it went to a number of european countries.eat seems to be going to belgium. belgium is the european union's against horsemeat ex —— exporter. it was going elsewhere, like places like romania and other places in the eu. that is what we know so far. other details could come. the gist of it is animals not meant to be fit for human consumption were having their documentation tampered with and were therefore being slaughtered as if they were animals that could be eaten as regular horsemeat. thank you. the british government is to review whether to strengthen punishments given to people who commit acid attacks. it comes after five people were hurt in attacks in london on thursday night. this report from our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, contains some distressing images from the start. the effects can be devastating. this is 21—year—old resham khan after acid was thrown at her through a car window while she waited at traffic lights. her cousin jameel muhktar also suffered severe burns in the attack in east london last month

so far, europol in the spanish civil guard have said it went to a number of european countries.o be going to belgium and belgium as the european union's biggest horse meat exporter. from there, it was going to other countries such as france, italy, romania, all countries within the e. that is what we know so far but obviously there could be more details to come. —— within the european union. the main gist is that animal is not meant to be fit for human consumption where having documentation tampered with and then slaughtered as if they were animals that could be eating as regular horse meat. this investigation included a lot of money laundering as well. it is quite... it includes so many aspects of crime. the 65 people, do we know they be charged and there will be some success at the end of this? they be charged and there will be some success at the end of thi57m isa some success at the end of thi57m is a little bit early to know for sure at the moment. what we do know is that the people who have been arrested include farmers, bethany haines, slaughterhouse owners. anna lee of p

so far, europol and the spanish civil guard said it went to a number of european countries.elgium. belgium is the european union's against horsemeat exporter. it was going elsewhere, like places like romania and other places in the eu. that is what we know so far. other details could come. the gist of it is animals not meant to be fit for human consumption were having their documentation tampered with and were therefore being slaughtered as if they were animals that could be eaten as regular horsemeat. the oscar—winning actor martin landau has died aged 89. he first gained fame in the 1959 alfred hitchcock film north by north—west and featured in a number of the 19605 big screen blockbusters and the television series mission impossible. his career saw a revival in the late 1980s, winning an oscar in 1995 for best supporting actor in the film ed wood. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: blink and you'll miss it — the world's best rubik's cubers in all their super fast glory. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multi—m

. >> narrator: rob wainwright is the director of europol, the agency tasked with coordinating law enforcementcross the 28 countries of the european union. >> the privacy-security trade- off still goes back, i think, to the legacy from the second world war where, you know, german and austrian citizens are concerned about never again shall we arrive at a position where the state can have so much authority that they can collect unlimited amounts of personal data about their citizens. and for good reason, actually. >> narrator: but, counter-terror chiefs say despite the concerns, pnr would help them intercept suspected terrorists. >> (translated): european legislators have rejected passenger name record. why? because they see it is a violation of liberties. that is a mistake. it's a flaw of our monitoring system, the way people can circulate in and out of europe. >> narrator: in yemen, cherif kouachi met up with an old friend from the buttes-chaumont gang. peter cherif had himself absconded from france while on trial for terrorism charges and was now a fighter for al qaeda in the arabian peninsul

and europol release a list of one hundred and seventy three islamic state suicide bombers could be preparing to carry out attacks and you are. an activist seen one ensuring how migrants having to europe are dealt with by coast guards and then. having a racist.

the police organization, europol, said suspicions were first raised in ireland where tests showed that some beef products contained horsemeat. the pakistani military says it has launched a major offensive against islamic state militants in the north—western region, next to the afghan border. a military spokesman again denied the presence of the is inside its territory, despite a series of attacks claimed by the group. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. my guest today is a youthful artist who has spent his already strikingly successful creative life defying boundaries and stereotypes. mohammed fairouz is a composer, his work ranges from symphonies to opera, to unique fusions of music and poetry. he's an arab educated and resident in the west, an outspoken advocate for creative freedom who sometimes rails against western cultural imperialism. his aim is to foster cultural crossover rather than confrontation, but can this artist avoid taking sides? theme music plays. mohammed fairouz, welcome to hardtalk. it is great to be here, stephen. i want to talk abou

among those raising the alarm over the threat posed by returning militants is the director of europol robert wainwright has how he described the situation back in twenty sixteen. police find phones near to nationals that we think should be run because buyers of game to serve in iraq some of whom come by very difficult to monitor all of the news of the time very difficult to identify always. hands from the alternative for germany party believes the reintegration of returning jihad this might prove difficult to gratian there were rocks with the individual who. integrated is sort of willing to integrate so the question is when these people who were born in the west and to islam there fled their home countries because they were called weak to islam and the eyes of state being the better choice but the question is really are they willing to change to change back to their roots or is it only some artificial . behavior in order to come back from the crumbling isis state and then carry on fighting in western europe that's a question. and i don't live here about game islam refugees that sparke

the spanish civil guard and europol believe this illegal gang have made 20 million euros. day mentioned to it. the meat was being repurposed in spain. the animals we re repurposed in spain. the animals were from the north of spain and portugal going to facilities in spain to be slaughtered and the meat was being exported, going abroad so there is an international dimension to this linked to this case back in ireland four years ago and the investigation has been going on for quite some time.. the pakistani military says it has launched a major offensive against islamic state militants in the north—western region next to the afghan border. a pakistani military spokesman again denied the presence of the i—s inside its territory, despite a series of attacks claimed by the group. there is no organized infrastructure of daesh in pakistan, and we shall not allow them to establish themselves. as regards inside afghanistan, yes, daesh is getting stronger there, is gaining strength. but still, we feel that it is not purely that daesh which is in middle east. thousands more people ha

>> this is kind of the trap that the international forces, the fbi, dea, europol and then weeks latershut down the very largest site and that sort of sent all of the largest site's users, alpha bay's sites users, able to watch them do some transactions, probably gain the oiferg details of many more users that way. that was certainly part of their intention and i thought it created a kind of psychological impact. there is a fear that the dark web users are everywhere. >> sreenivasan: if they are buying and selling physical products, they have to go to a place in the real world right? if you are buying something you have to get physical control of it. the different authorities say now i know i've got your address. >> reporter: in theory, when you buy drugs on the dark web you encrypt the address and send the address to the eler, and only the seller knows where you live. but many users are sloppy and don't encrypt their addresses. >> sreenivasan: you mentioned silk road, when that went down we thought that was going to have a big impact but this is an economy that moves on, two oher, thr

suspected terrorists held at secret cia prisons following nine eleven but the twenty four team told europol released by a senate select committee found that some of those who subjected to the brutal interrogations. not even baby involved with extremist activities. meantime michael kearns who worked with one of those psychologists had devised a program to help u.s. servicemen withstand torture he says his work on sierra as it's known was used by one of those men then to develop new and more brutal torture techniques. the resistance to interrogation program we don't actually use the word torture in the training however there are torture techniques that are used to certain levels during the training this is all part of a program that's called sere s e r e survival evasion resistance to interrogation and escape so what we were doing were protecting those operators those people on strategic reconnaissance flights doing operational work of around the world to collect intelligence and also those that were operational and working in counter terrorism how to resist enemy interrogation and those tech

the police organisation, europol, said suspicions were first raised in ireland where tests showed that some beef products contained horsemeat. the pakistani military says it has launched a major offensive against islamic state militants in the north—western region next to the afghan border. a military spokesman again denied the presence of the is inside its territory, despite a series of attacks claimed by the group. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up: the government launches its repeal bill converting eu law into uk legislation. we'll be looking at the parliamentary battles to come. as the prime minister announces an inquiry into the abuse faced by candidates at the general election, one mp worries where the harassment will end. i think there is a serious risk that actually something much worse will happen. also on this programme: we talk to nicky morgan, the new chair of the powerful commons treasury committee. and: i'll be reporting on the clash of the deputies at prime minister's questions. and mps mark the centenary of one of the

there were people from europol at this press conference today, it turns out the person running alphabayhailand. people are all over the world. i think they are quite pleased they got this thing shut down. it had only been up and running for two years. springing up after a previous incarnation of something similar called the silk road. but this had become much, much bigger. and at the same time that this one was pulled down, a couple of weeks ago, they were working in conjunction with european police, and dutch police have pulled down another one which again was run by germans, i believe, and had servers in holland and lithuania. i think they are pleased with this one. lot of people around the world now needs to be afraid of the knock on the door. the whole point about the dark web and weighs into it, there are certain browsers you can use, —— ways to get into it, some people use browsers to mask their identity because they want for instance to use the service in another country. they want to mask their ip address to use a service not available in their own country. so there can be semi—

i want to thank our international partners at europol and in thailand, the netherlands, lithuania, canadaance and germany, all of whom have worked closely with us all of whom have worked closely with us to take down this criminal enterprise. and to all in the department of justice, at enterprise. and to all in the department ofjustice, at the drug enforcement administration, the fbi and those from the irs criminal investigators and the attorneys and staff, all of whom have worked tirelessly on this case, you have made us proud. you have made this country safer and we thank you very very much. the us attorney-general jeff sessions. with me now is our correspondent has done research on the dark wet in the past. let's clear this up. they are describing this as the biggest take—down in history. what is alphabay? ? the dark wet is the bit of the wet you can get to by typing into google. hidden and anonymous. you have to download specialist software to get into it. when you get here, you can find things like alphabay. essentially the ebay of the underworld. rather than just buying clothes, toys

we are down in the europol, down 0.25%. kiwi, .7404. rba's neutral, nominal interest rate. am watching the bank and energy. brent over $50, shying away from that level toward the close. the aussie dollar has been the clear mover, roughly at the same levels this time yesterday. yvonne: look at how things are looking throughout the week. it may take a while to hit that panel. governor's to speak later on today. we will see if he can continue this hawkish tilt. japan, we are seeing dollar-yen 111.89. that is a fresh july low. not doing enough to bring down the yen despite pushing back that deadline for 2% inflation yesterday for that boj and maintaining yield curve control. equity futures heading lower today, as well. here is first word news with courtney collins. courtney: the imf has agreed to a new conditional bailout for greece, bringing an end to two years of speculation whether it would participate in a rescue program. a new loanproved worth as much as $1.8 billion. it grants a seal of approval demanded by many of greece's euro-area creditors. res --ends on counti countr

we will hear from our europol director this morning. our foreign partners conducted searches can seize evidence and proceeds of criminal activities and made an arrest. there were many moving parts to this investigation. alleged members of can -- conspiracy used techniques and tried to conceal their identities and other locations. peeling back one layer after another took us to new countries will be needed additional assistance from other law-enforcement agencies. with each development in the case our international colleagues expressed an immediate willingness to assist. dark websites like alphabay run on what's a tour network. they are hidden service designed to conceal information that could reveal the identity or location of the website and its customers of people using these websites believe they're going to be anonymous. this demonstrated that is not always true. many dark website openly trade in narcotics, guns come images of sexual abuse of children and other serious criminal conduct. an academic study published in 2015 found the