Libya continues to be challenging; IOM Direct Assistance teams provided core relief
During the month of July, IOM Libya recorded an increase in departures from Libyan shores compared to the same month
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United States Provides $400,000 to UNODC to fight illicit trafficking in Vietnam
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) contributed $400,000 to the United Nations
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BOC NAIA Intercepts Php 23.5 Million “ Party Drugs” Ecstacy Concealed in “Coffee” and “Kids Toys”
Through intensified vigilance and strict profiling of Customs NAIA personnel, seven (7) packages containing a total of 13,824 tablets of
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Information sharing with regional partners aims to reel in transnational crime syndicates
Information gathered by Maritime Border Command (MBC), a joint agency taskforce within the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian
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Three U.S. Citizens Arrested for Smuggling 52 Illegal Aliens in Stake Bed Truck
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro station arrested three U. S. citizens for smuggling 52
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Border Patrol Arrests Chinese National Carrying over $28K worth of Gold Bars
More than $28,000 worth of gold bars discovered on Chinese nationally illegally entering the United States in Maine. MITY, Maine
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Joint agency operation targets remote coastline threats
Australia has a comprehensive maritime surveillance and response capability delivered through Maritime Border Command (MBC), a multi-agency taskforce within the
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Seizures of medications linked to pandemic on the rise
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is warning against importing prohibited substances, which they believe could protect against COVID-19. ABF officers
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ABF cracks quartz cigarette smuggling concealment
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers have intercepted an elaborate illicit cigarette smuggling concealment in large boxes made from quartz stone
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Borders of the future – is data sharing the answer?
Richard Gutsell, Client Director – Borders, Identity and the Digital Economy at Atkins With the impact of COVID-19 on cross
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Illegal Small-Arms Trade, Armed Violence, and Human Security at the land Border in Papua, Indonesia
By Melyana R Pugu – Border Researcher and senior Lecturer from International Relations Department of Cenderawasih University Papua Indonesia The
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Impact of Covid-19 on the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol and the Regional Integration Agenda
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) recently organized a
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Big data, migration and human mobility
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and the European Commission Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) launched the
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UN Global Study on Firearms Trafficking: A global phenomenon
Firearms trafficking is a global phenomenon with strong variations between countries UNODC has carried out its most comprehensive collection of
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UN CTED Trends Alert Update – Extreme Right Wing Terrorism
In this Update to the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) ‘Trends Alert’ Member States concerned by the growing and increasingly
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Operation Opson IX Takes 320 Tonnes of Dangerous Dairy Products Off Market
Europol and INTERPOL coordinated operation OPSON 2020 which targeted trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages. The ninth operation
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UNODC World Drug Report 2020: Global drug use rising, while COVID-19 has far reaching impact on global drug markets
Around 269 million people used drugs worldwide in 2018, which is 30 per cent more than in 2009, while over
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Six fugitives arrested in I-CAN global anti-mafia operation
Coordination through the INTERPOL Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta (I-CAN) project – an INTERPOL and Italian initiative – has seen law enforcement
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