Caribbean Customs operation seizes rising number of illegal firearms, disrupting organized criminal networks
Operation CALYPSO 2 was led by the WCO for the second consecutive year in response to the growing threat posed
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Month: March 2026
A human trafficking network has been dismantled and 18 women have been freed from sexual exploitation in a brothel-style villa in Madrid
Spanish National Police officers have dismantled a criminal organization allegedly dedicated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced prostitution
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Meet our World Border Security Congress Sponsors
Tony Kingham speaks to Anthony Nwachukwu of Newworks Solution and Investment
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Turkish driver arrested for migrant smuggling, detected by Romanian border police
Romanian order police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Service and the Giurgiu Border Police Sector recently conducted a
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Further arrests in connection with illegal border crossing
Polish officers from the Border Guard Post in Bydgoszcz detained two more men suspected of participating in organizing illegal border
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Bulgarian State Security uncovered an illegal printing house for counterfeit documents and currency, two criminally active men were detained
In a significant crackdown on counterfeiting activities, officers from the Economic Police Department at the State Directorate of Internal Affairs
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Cocaine and gold worth over 1,430,000 euros seized by Bulgarian customs officers
11,180 kg of cocaine and 5,199.07 grams of gold bars worth a total of 1,431,906.6 euros were discovered by customs
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US CBP officers intercept Bronze Age swords and arrowheads from the northeastern region of Iran
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had a chance to touch history recently in Philadelphia after they encountered swords and
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Prolific people smuggler brought down after NCA investigation
A prolific people smuggler who transported hundreds of illegal migrants to the UK in small boats and HGVs has been
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Spanish National Police arrest a suspected jihadist in Pontevedra with a high degree of radicalization
National Police officers arrested a person last Tuesday in the province of Pontevedra for their alleged participation in the crimes
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US CBP officers seize significant cache of weapons, magazines at Laredo Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers conducting outbound operations at Laredo Port of Entry recently seized
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Polish Border Guards Post in cooperation with the Police, detained a Ukrainian citizen who was transporting three foreigners
On February 25th, in Grajewo, police officers, after receiving information from the Border Guard post in Rutka-Tartak about a person
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Follow the money: cocaine trafficking network exposed through its financial trail
An international criminal network laundering cocaine profits for Italian organised crime has been dismantled after investigators followed the money trail
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US CBP partners with U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy to intercept smuggling boats
Over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy partners conducted a series
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Spanish National Police seize 110 kilos of cocaine hidden in sports backpacks in an air container from Colombia
Spanish National Police officers, in collaboration with Colombian police authorities, have dismantled a criminal organization allegedly responsible for receiving 110
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15 pangolins seized in a suitcase at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
Spanish Civil Guard officers have seized 15 dead pangolins from a suitcase that arrived on a flight from Addis Ababa,
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US CBP’s Border Patrol and Air and Marine Arrest a Cartel Scout
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents in coordination with Yuma Air Branch Air and Marine agents arrested a cartel smuggling scout
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Polish Border Guards Foil Innovative Smuggling Operation Using Weather Balloons
Officers from the Nadbużański Border Guard Unit successfully thwarted a smuggling operation involving illegal tobacco products transported via weather balloons.
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