IOM Launches Open South America Portal
IOM, the International Organization for Migration, this week launched the Open South America Portal, a web platform providing migrants and stakeholders
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Author: Tony Kingham
The Republic of the Philippines signs MoU with UNOCT for capacity-building to detect the travel of terrorists and serious criminals
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines signed a Memorandum of
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Frontex to help authorities fight gun smuggling
Illegal weapons play a key role in many of the most violent crimes in our societies. This is why combatting
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Disembarkation of migrants on the Syracusan coast – Capture of smugglers on the high seas
In the early hours of the morning of Saturday 10 July, a patrol of the Italian State Police surprised 32
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A large amount of narcotic substances was seized during a special operation by criminal investigators from the Ministry of Interior
The specialized police operation for counteracting the possession and distribution of narcotic substances was carried out on July 7 on
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Arrests from North to South for drug trafficking in Italy
More precisely in Imperia, Sanremo police found and seized 44 drug packages, for a total of 250 kilos, hidden in
Read moreSilent Sentinel provides Jaegar 225 Thermal Cameras to detect threats along Central Asian border
British threat detection specialist Silent Sentinel has signed a contract with a South Asian customer to provide their Jaegar Ranger
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Seven Afghan citizens tried to cross the border illegally, hidden in a car dealership
A Romanian citizen showed up for the border formalities, on the way out of the country, driving a tractor and
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Courier drone with cigarettes did not reach the border with Poland
UAVs of various kinds have rapidly become extremely popular with the population. The use of drones is not limited to
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Eighteen arrested in Spain in a sting against migrant smugglers operating overseas
The criminal networks facilitated the illegal entry of more than 400 Albanian nationals to the United Kingdom and the United
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Viken Detection Launches the FOXHOUND-HNA™ – a Versatile Tri-Mode Handheld Narcotics Analyzer Optimized for Drug Interdiction
Viken Detection have announced the official release of the FOXHOUND-HNA™. Featuring tri-mode functionality and design, Viken’s handheld narcotics analyzer is
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Tobacco products worth more than € 2 million seized in Spain and Portugal
The Portuguese and Spanish authorities dismantled the criminal group, arresting 17 suspects The Portuguese National Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) and
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Eleven Vietnamese, hidden in a specially arranged place in a car dealership, found by the Arad border guards
At the Romanian Nădlac II Border Crossing Point , a Romanian citizen, driving a car registered in Romania, showed up for the
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Twenty-five victims of sexual exploitation identified in Romania and Spain
Lured into prostitution with the ‘lover boy’ method, the victims were exploited in night clubs in Spain The Romanian Police
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Suspected head of international people smuggling network arrested by the UK’s NCA
An Afghan national suspected of being one of the leaders of an international people smuggling network has been arrested in
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Frontex launches rapid intervention in Lithuania
The Executive Director of Frontex has agreed to launch a rapid border intervention at Lithuania’s border with Belarus to assist
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Six dozen migrants were detained per day on the Lithuania border
Between Sunday morning and Monday morning, border guards, according to preliminary data, detained 60 migrants from Belarus who crossed the
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The European Border and Coast Guard Agency FRONTEX will send more forces to Lithuania than originally planned
They will be located on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, where an increased flow of illegal migrants has recently been recorded. “We
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