In Los Libertadores, authorities intercept contraband veterinary medicines hidden in a spare tire
The keen and trained eye of the operators of the National Customs Service’s scanner truck stationed at the Los Libertadores
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Cross Border Crime
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More than 800 vehicle inspections and 4 arrests for cigarette smuggling in highway operation in the Coquimbo Region
The highway checkpoints in the Special Surveillance Perimeter, coordinated by Customs, within the framework of the Regional Roundtable against Organized
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US CBP agriculture specialists intercept rare Chief Goliath beetles being smuggled to Germany
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists seized three live Chief Goliath beetles on Aug. 19 in Philadelphia that were
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Crackdown on Italian organised criminal network involved in large-scale euro counterfeiting
Europol has supported an international operation targeting a criminal network linked to the Italian mafia-type organisation Camorra. The operation, coordinated
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Thousands of horses caught up in Europe-wide trafficking scheme
Europol has supported a major operation against a criminal network suspected of trafficking horses across Europe using falsified documents and
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A network in Colombia that recruited victims and transported them to Spain for labour exploitation has been dismantled
They sought out people in situations of particular economic or social vulnerability, to whom they offered false promises of employment
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US CBP officers remove another 10 cruise ship crew members in Boston following Operation Tidal Wave investigation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Boston successfully removed 10 aliens from the cruise ship Norwegian Escape on
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Organized criminal group specialized in illegal cigarette trafficking, dismantled by border police in Romania
Romanian Border Police in cooperation with Europol, carried out a complex of investigative activities, which included the execution of a flagrante
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Museum heists turn violent: new Europol report on cultural property theft tactics
Next Europol published a spotlight report today titled Changing tactics, changing targets: the evolving nature of museum heists, which reveals a
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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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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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