Author: Tony Kingham

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Bangladesh has achieved several key milestones in its nationwide transition to next-generation electronic passports in 2020. Despite the adverse circumstances

Raft Used To Smuggle Cigarettes

Border guards of the Pavoverė firewall of the SBGS Vilnius border team received information about a suspicious object observed in

Maxi drug seizure at the jetties at the entrance to Sicily

Italian Customs officers have seized, at the landing stages of the ferries that connect Sicily to Calabria, about 30 kilos

Amidst obstacles posed by pandemic, Container Control Programme cocaine seizures surpassed 100-ton milestone in 2020

Despite numerous obstacles due to the ongoing global COVID-19 health crisis, the UNODC-World Customs Organization Container Control Programme (CCP) seized

News Technology

OIG Report – US CBP Has Improved Southwest Border Technology, but Significant Challenges Remain

In response to Executive Order 13767, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented an array of new tools and

SEF detains European citizen for committing the crime of aid to illegal immigration

Biometrics News Technology

The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) arrested a European citizen in Lisbon yesterday for evidence of the practice of the

New Research Study: Technology Foresight on Biometrics for the Future of Travel

In January, Frontex met with Steinbeis 2i, the winner of the tender for the provision of a Technology Foresight on

Expats unwittingly recruited as drug mules for organised crime

The Australian Federal Police is warning the community, particularly members of the Iranian community, over the dangers of unsolicited job

US Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested two men suspected of smuggling 24 illegal aliens

26th February 2021 Tony Kingham

The incident occurred at approximately 11:35 a.m., when two men driving two separate trucks approached the checkpoint. The first man, driving

Twenty-seven Afghan and Pakistani citizens found hidden in car dealerships in Varsand and Nadlac

26th February 2021 Tony Kingham

Border guards at the Vărşand Border Crossing Point carried out a thorough control on two road complexes, led by a Romanian and a Bulgarian

Europol – Exploitation on the construction site: 38 arrested in France, Romania and Moldova for abusing migrant workers

26th February 2021 Tony Kingham

The criminal network smuggled and registered the Moldovan workers in France with fake documents while keeping their real passports as

More cross-border cooperation necessary to help victims of trafficking in human beings

To better assist victims of trafficking in human beings (THB), more cross-border cooperation and investigations are necessary. Earlier involvement of

33 foreign citizens detected by Romanian border police, at the end of last week

Thirty-three foreign nationals were found by Arad border guards trying to fraudulently cross the state border into Hungary on foot

Swedish arrest four people suspected of manufacturing “incredible amounts” drugs, and selling them via the darkweb

Four people were arrested, suspected of a serious drug offense and a serious doping offense. What started as a local

Truck driver arrested with 205 kilos of cocaine

Human Trafficking Migration News

A load of 205 kilos of cocaine was seized from a Slovakian haulier, stopped for a check near the “San

Trafficking along migration routes, COVID-related challenges for refugees and asylum seekers discussed at meeting of OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee

24th February 2021 Tony Kingham

Taking stock of migratory developments in the OSCE region over the last several months, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc