Joint Operation at San Ysidro Port of Entry leads to major firearms seizure and one arrest
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) officers from the San Ysidro Port of Entry, including personnel from the Task
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Month: October 2025
Nine Iraqis found hiding in modified tanks of three trucks. One of the drivers offered a border policeman a bribe of 480 euros
On September 28, 2025, in the vicinity of the former Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing point, Giurgiu border police officers, on duty
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Neighbours of Conflict: Arms Trafficking in Türkiye, Bulgaria, and Greece
By Michael W. Brown, Global Director of Counter-Narcotics Technology, Rigaku Analytical Devices The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has raised alarm
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US CBP Officers at the Calexico Cargo Facility put a halt on a smuggling attempt seizing nearly 186 pounds of cocaine
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East Port of Entry Commercial Facility intercepted a narcotics smuggling attempt
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Twenty-one people belonging to a drug trafficking criminal organization have been arrested on the island of Ibiza
The Spanish Civil Guard, as part of Operation DEGER, carried out in the town of Sant Antoni de Portmany, has
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Smuggling Scheme Deflated: San Diego Sector Border Patrol finds 52 pounds of meth in spare tire
San Diego Sector US CBP agents thwarted a drug smuggling attempt, seizing over 52 pounds of methamphetamine concealed within the
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Securing the Border of the Future
By Peter Sutcliffe, Borders Technology Lead, Fujitsu. As automated border control systems continue to be adopted worldwide, we must consider
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Attempt to illegally cross the border, stopped by border police in Romania
The Giurgiu border police, noticed three male persons jumping out of the semi-trailer of a truck. Acting according to legal
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Drones and Borders: Fragmented Responses or a Global Framework?
By Adnane Kaab, International strategy, geopolitics, and foresight analyst, with a background as a senior officer in the Royal Moroccan
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Minneapolis US CBP officers seize 165,000 illicit vaping products
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul recently seized pallets of illicit vaping products for violating the U.S
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Rohde & Schwarz to provide NAVICS for Austal-built Australian Border Force Patrol Boats
Rohde & Schwarz Australia and Austal Ships have entered into a definitive agreement for the delivery, installation, acceptance testing, and
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Screening Workshop: From Pact Rules to Practical Rollout
Frontex hosted a Screening Implementation Workshop in Warsaw on 18–19 September, bringing together EU Member States, Schengen-associated countries, the European
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US CBP seizes firearms and over $131K in currency at El Paso ports of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta Port of Entry in El Paso recently discovered and seized
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International human trafficking ring rolled up in Albania and Colombia
Seventeen suspected human traffickers were arrested in a global operation involving the Albanian and Colombian authorities. The suspects had set
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Counterfeit and substandard food worth EUR 95 million seized in global operation
Europol, OLAF, DG SANTE and 31 countries across Europe and beyond, together with food and beverage producers from the private
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Issue Alert – Your latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR Please find here your downloadable copy of the September/October 2025 issue
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US CBP officers seize over $2.8 million in hard narcotics at World Trade Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized hard narcotics in
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A man was arrested after trying to smuggle six migrants into Romania illegally
Border guards from the Giurgiu Border Police Sector and the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Service, together with Bulgarian border guards,
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