Author: NeilWalker

In the latest of this great series of podcasts, brought to you by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, Border Security

Migration

IOM Charter Flight Brings Home over 150 Ghanaian Migrants from Libya

Over 150 Ghanaians were provided with Voluntary Humanitarian Return Assistance from Libya by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This

UNODC Trains Female Law Enforcement Officers to Address Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) 2018 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons highlights that human trafficking

US Border Patrol Seizes Large Number of Marijuana Bundles

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Zapata Station seized a large number of abandoned narcotics south of Zapata, Texas. The

AMO, Coast Guard Interdict Vessel with 816 Pounds of Cocaine Attempting to Reach Puerto Rico’s Northern Coast

27th November 2020 NeilWalker

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air & Marine Operations (AMO) and the U.S. Coast Guard interdicted Monday night a “yola”

Organised Crime

UNODC and Saudi Arabia’s Nazaha sign $10m funding agreement for global anti-corruption law enforcement network

27th November 2020 NeilWalker

The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly, and the President of Saudi

Organised Crime Smuggling

BorderSens project begins to bear fruit

27th November 2020 NeilWalker

In recent weeks the first results of Bordersens, an EU funded project aimed at unravelling the electrochemical behaviour of certain

Latest Webinar Available to Watch – Smuggling & Trade in Illicit Goods, Antiquities and Endangered Species

26th November 2020 NeilWalker

If you missed the recent webinar, it is now available to watch at www.border-security-report.com/illicit-goods-webinar The global trade in endangered species,

Organised Crime Terrorism

Somalia Criminal Investigation Department Receives Equipment to Counter Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

UNODC recently presented two vehicles and other equipment, including smartphones and office equipment, to the anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit of

Migration

Urgent support needed to help Ethiopian refugees reaching Sudan

As the numbers of people fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region for eastern Sudan now exceed 33,000, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,

Four nabbed over Victoria’s largest liquid meth import worth $123m

Four alleged members of a transnational criminal syndicate operating in Melbourne have been charged following the seizure of more than

US Border Patrol Foils Flatbed Trailer Human Smuggling Attempt

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint foiled a human smuggling attempt in a flatbed trailer

Organised Crime

Ukraine Border Guards Receive Technical Assistance from German Colleagues

The National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine received new technical equipment within the framework of long-term

Border Patrol Foils Flatbed Trailer Human Smuggling Attempt

20th November 2020 NeilWalker

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint foiled a human smuggling attempt in a flatbed trailer

Organised Crime

New Report Finds Cross Border Criminals Leverage AI for Malicious Use

20th November 2020 NeilWalker

A jointly developed new report by Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and Trend Micro