Frontex Consultative Forum publishes eighth annual report
The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights[1] published its eighth annual report for the year 2020. The report outlines the
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Author: Tony Kingham
Dulles US CBP Officers Seize more than $1 Million in Counterfeit Consumer Goods
Shipments with a voluminous amount of counterfeit consumer goods are usually transported in maritime cargo, so it was a bit
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Two UK residents jailed as part of people smuggling ring that saw twenty-one people convicted in France
Two UK residents have been jailed for a combined nine and a half years after the National Crime Agency secured
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Frontex leads international operation against serious crime at Eastern border
Between 27 September-8 October, Frontex led an international operation to crack down on serious transnational crime at EU’s eastern land
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Cash, guns, cocaine and a suspected terrorist captured in international border operation
An international operation aimed at strengthening passenger controls at a number of seaports and airports linking North Africa to Southern
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One-third of asylum applications from illegal migrants examined, 260 migrants already returned to countries of origin
The Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior informs that it has already examined one third – 1,289 –
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US CBP Officers Seize over $700K in Cocaine and Methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility intercepted $768,500 in
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US CBP Agents Intercept a Clone Delivery Truck Trying to Smuggle 8 Individuals
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized a clone delivery truck and arrested a United States citizen accused of transporting eight
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Cultural property crime thrives throughout pandemic says new INTERPOL survey
Cultural property crime has continued unabated throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic and in some cases even surged to new heights,
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US CBP Officers Seize Methamphetamine Worth Over $590K at World Trade Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized narcotics in a single enforcement action that
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Searches of a criminal network specializing in migrant trafficking
Starting with September of this year, the border police officers from ITPF Timişoara carried out investigations into the criminal activity
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The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal group dedicated to trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labor exploitation
The Civil Guard, in coordination with the Burgos Labor and Social Security Inspectorate, in the so-called “Tarator” operation, have freed
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A sailboat carrying 2,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Spain was intercepted in the north of the Azores
By means of a device carried out at sea and on land, the two crew members of the boat and
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Polish border guards intercept eight illegal migrants and their guide
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday (October 12-13) in Kwaszenin (Bieszczady district), the camera operator of the observation vehicle
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The Spanish Civil Guard participates in the dismantling of an important organization dedicated to arms trafficking at the European level
The Civil Guard within the framework of the Operational Task Force (OTF) “LOS”, coordinated by EUROPOL, has participated together with
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Two Romanian citizens investigated for migrant trafficking
Border police officers stopped a vehicle with two Romanian citizens was stopped for checks, at the exit from Lugoj. Following the
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Border police found fifteen citizens from Afghanistan and Algeria, who tried to cross the border illegally in Hungary, on foot or hidden in a caravan loaded with appliances.
A Romanian citizen, driving a car registered in Romania, showed up for the border formalities, on the way out of
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Forty-four migrants hidden in trucks, found by Arad border police
At Romania’s Nădlac II Border Crossing Point, a Bulgarian and a Romanian citizen, driving a truck, showed up to carry
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