Europol seizes 16.6M counterfeit and dangerous toys worth €36.8M, reporting 555 individuals in a major crackdown on organised illicit trade

Over successive rounds of Operation LUDUS, Europol coordinates seizures of millions of counterfeit and unsafe toys, uncovering complex trafficking networks that exploit weak online-marketplace oversight, limited traceability and minimal import controls. The operations expose both significant intellectual-property and economic harm to legitimate manufacturers and serious consumer-safety risks, including toxic-…