IOM Warns of Increased Risk of Trafficking in Persons for People Fleeing Ukraine
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is worried about the risk of trafficking in persons as well as sexual exploitation
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Month: March 2022
U.S. Citizen Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Eight Undocumented Individuals
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle eight undocumented individuals on
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US Border Patrol Agents shut down stash house
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station together with law enforcement partners shut down a stash house
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Decision of Europol’s Management Board on the situation in Ukraine
The Europol Management Board discussed yesterday the worsening situation in Ukraine and the potential consequences of the war on the
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At Least 70 Migrants Reported Dead or Missing Off Libya
At least 70 migrants are missing at sea and presumed dead off the Libyan shore in the past two weeks,
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Spanish National Police detain three members of a traveling group specialized in the commission of home robberies
They previously marked the doors of the houses with plastic tokens or glue to ensure that no one was found
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Law Enforcement Works Together to Arrest 34 Migrants in the US RGV
US Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted four human smuggling attempts resulting in 34 arrests. On March
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TSA awards $781.2 million to procure additional CT X-Ray scanners for airport checkpoints
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the award of two orders for a combined total value of up to $781.2
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Europol supports Belgian authorities in shutting down an illegal cigarette factory
With the support of Europol’s European Financial Economic Crime Centre (EFECC), a massive illegal cigarette factory has been raided and
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Intervened in Alicante 20 tons of oranges contaminated with a prohibited pesticide
The Spanish Civil Guard has intervened in Alicante 20 tons of oranges that were contaminated with chlorpyrifos, a pesticide whose
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US CBP Officers Seize over $1 Million in Methamphetamine at the Hidalgo International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $1,100,000 worth of alleged
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US CBP agents encounter migrants with extensive criminal histories
In the first two weeks of March, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector encountered more than 13
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Frontex deploys its own plane in the Channel
Since the beginning of March, Frontex deploys the Dornier DO328-100 airplane to support France and Belgium in patrolling their coastline.
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Dismantled a network dedicated to the manufacture and trafficking of doping substances at the national level for athletes
Agents of the Spanish Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the National Police, have dismantled a criminal organization dedicated,
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US CBP Enforces Sanctions Against Li-Ning Sporting Goods Produced by North Korean Workers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is detaining merchandise produced or manufactured by Li-Ning Sporting Goods at all U.S. ports
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US Border Patrol foils human smuggling attempt in upstate New York
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Burke Border Patrol Station arrested five individuals in connection to a failed smuggling attempt
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First humanitarian return flights by Frontex
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, started supporting EU Member States in the organisation of humanitarian return flights.
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The Spanish Civil Guard dismantles in the Basque Country an organization dedicated to the illicit transfer of electronic scrap to countries on the African coast
The Spanish Civil Guard, within the framework of the Hozkailu operation, has dismantled a criminal organization that was dedicated to
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