Whether we're diligent separators or hurl everything in landfill, few people consider that their trash will become treasure for Europe's criminal gangs. But that's the reality across the continent, with the EU's law enforcement agency, Europol, warning that "waste trafficking is intensifying with a projected further growth in scale and sophistication" in their 2025 " Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment ." Despite that, Europol refused to answer a series of questions from DW on the