13 tons of “laughing gas” seized in southern Tenerife
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization in southern Tenerife dedicated to the illegal import, storage, and distribution
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Cross Border Crime
A criminal organization that laundered more than four million euros from scams by sending the money to Nigeria has been dismantled
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization specializing in laundering money obtained from scams committed both in Spain
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New UNODC report reveals scale of South-East Asia’s ever more interconnected criminal economy
South-East Asia’s criminal ecosystem has undergone a fundamental restructuring, according to a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
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A Spanish criminal group that manipulated the obtaining of residence and work permits in exchange for money has been dismantled
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization that manipulated the issuance of residence and work permits in exchange
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28 arrests in international strike against child sexual exploitation
Authorities from seven countries, supported by Europol, have carried out a major operation against child sexual exploitation, leading to the
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Bulgarian Customs officers seized nearly 40,000 pieces of smuggled cigarettes in a passenger car
Nearly 40,000 pieces of smuggled cigarettes seized customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo BCP during an inspection of a passenger car
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Europol and INTERPOL strengthen partnership against global criminal threats
Europol and INTERPOL have renewed their joint commitment to combatting transnational organised crime, agreeing on a new set of Joint
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Australia and PNG authorities target illegal activity along shared border
Australia and Papua New Guinean authorities have completed the latest joint patrol across the Torres Strait and PNG’s Western Province
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Gang used truck to smuggle Afghan migrants through Channel Tunnel
An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using
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Encrypted chats expose Kosovar organised crime network behind EUR 80 million criminal empire
Messages exchanged on the encrypted communication platform SKY ECC have exposed a Kosovar-based organised crime network in large-scale drug trafficking,
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US CBP officers in Cincinnati intercepted $19 million MSRP in designer watches and high-end fashion accessories
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the port of Cincinnati stopped a shipment on June 3 containing 111 pieces
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Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group to target serious online harms
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) CEO Heather Cook will help spearhead new
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Europe-wide race to locate fugitives unfolds at Europol
Nearly 100 investigators and open-source intelligence (OSINT) specialists from 31 countries gathered at Europol headquarters in The Hague on 3
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Crime family who used corrupt airline check-in attendant to help smuggle vast amounts of drugs cash to the UAE are convicted
A criminal family and their associates smuggled almost £30 million of cash out of the UK to the United Arab
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Live Webinar: Strengthening Counter-Terrorism Border Security – Operational Reflections: Border Community Dynamics
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), through the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), implements the global Border Security and
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Issue Alert – Your latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR Please find here your downloadable copy of the May/June 2026 issue
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Eurojust coordinated investigation shuts down criminal VPN network
A joint investigation by the French and Dutch authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, has shut down a large-scale criminal
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US CBP officers seize a quarter of a million dollars in unreported U.S. currency from Mexican national; driver arrested
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Laredo Port of Entry seized more than $272,000 in bulk, unreported
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