Europol says an operation with Spanish police has dismantled an organised crime group that was trading horsemeat in Europe that was unfit for human consumption.
A total of 66 people are said to have been arrested - all but one of them in Spain.
It follows tests carried out in Ireland in 2013 that showed meat labelled as beef was sometimes up to 100 percent horsemeat.
The Spanish investigation by the Guardia Civil identified a scam where horses either old or in bad shape were being slaughtered…
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