Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, an inter-governmental body setting
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Author: NeilWalker
Food fraud in times of COVID-19
More than USD 40 million worth of potentially dangerous fake food and drink was seized in the latest Operation Opson,
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ABF stub out Chinese cigarette smuggling operation
A 52 year-old Chinese national appeared in the Perth Magistrates court today charged over his alleged role in an elaborate
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CBP Field Operations Seizes over Three Tons of Marijuana Worth $1.5 Million
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility discovered 7,645 pounds
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CBP Inter-agency Efforts Lead to 43 Migrant Apprehensions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents, along with their partners, worked two early morning migrant
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol Retrieves Vehicle with Narcotics from River
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station averted a narcotics smuggling attempt in Laredo. The incident occurred
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Your latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
You can download your copy of the July/August issue of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR. In this issue: Money Laundering
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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, IOM Facilitates Return of 84 Migrants from Algeria to Mali
84 Malian nationals – 73 men, 7 women, 2 boys and 2 girls – made it home from Algeria, thanks to the International Organization
Read moreRio Grande Valley Agents Seize More than $1M in Drugs
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents foiled five separate drug smuggling attempts that led to the seizure of more than
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Mauritania: A Milestone Reform of Laws Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomed this month the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, whose National Assembly
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EUROPOL and EC Lead New Project to Target Organised Crime in Eastern EU
A new Europol-led project, funded by the European Commission will focus on strengthening the capacity of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
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Buffalo CBP Officers Seize $207,500 of Unreported Currency Concealed inside the Cab of Commercial Truck
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Lewiston Bridge seized $207,500 in unreported currency. CBP officers inspected a
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Largest Ever Bust of Euro Banknote Counterfeits (Possibly)
The criminal network dismantled in Italy produced 25% of all counterfeit euro banknotes in circulation Law enforcement authorities from Italy,
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CBP Officers Intercept Hard Narcotics Worth Over $3 Million At The World Trade Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the World Trade Bridge seized methamphetamine with
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German Federal police and Europol dig counterfeit ring – arrests and searches in Berlin, Essen, Stralsund and Athens
German Federal Police searched residential and business premises in four federal states on suspicion of forging documents. One of the
Read moreSurveillance from the air captures Eight people entering Germany illegally
German Federal Police Inspectorate was informed that there was a larger group of people on the connecting road between Liebenau
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Situation at EU external borders – Arrivals down in first half of 2020
In the first half of this year, the number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by nearly
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Hungarian National Police Arrest 18 Irregular Migrants in 24 hours
In 3 separate incidents, the Hungarian National Police arrested 18 irregular migrants entering the country illegally. As part of a
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