New report warns of vulnerability of the Danube river to trafficking
A report launched today by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Against Organized Crime entitled Undercurrents: Blue crime on the Danube suggests that the
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Cross Border Crime
Operation JETENGINE disrupts criminal activity at Melbourne Airport
The Australian Border Force (ABF) and partner agencies have placed trusted insiders firmly on notice with a high-visibility disruption operation
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INTERPOL detects 200 stolen vehicles from Canada each week
More than 1,500 vehicles stolen in Canada have been detected around the world since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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Network of luxury car thieves dismantled with support of Eurojust
A large-scale ring of luxury car thieves has been dismantled with the support of Eurojust and Europol. Using straw men
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SIRIUS and An Garda Síochána advance collaboration in cross-border access to electronic evidence
On the 25 and 26 April 2024, over 47 representatives from 25 law enforcement authorities (LEAs) across Europe as well
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Working Arrangement signed for establishing cooperative relations between the law enforcement authorities of the Republic of India and Europol
On 21 March, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)
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Busted: 9 arrested in hit against holiday-rental fraudsters
Europol supported the Romanian Police (Politia Romana) and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in an operation that led to
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Almost 5 000 false identity documents seized in Greece
The Aliens Division of Attica within the Hellenic Police (Ellinikí Astynomía), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network involved in
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Full-scale action against EUR 2 billion money laundering network
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy, Latvia and Lithuania have taken concerted action against a large-scale money laundering business,
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Truck loaded with hundreds of thousands of packs of cigarettes and perfumery items, worth over 11 million lei
At the Giurgiu Border Crossing Point, a Turkish citizen, aged 54, presented himself to enter the country, at the wheel
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Over 100 searches and four arrests in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta against financial institution involved in money laundering
National authorities in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta have carried out over 100 searches in a large-scale operation against
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Frontex and the United Kingdom strengthen border management cooperation
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and the United Kingdom’s Home Office signed a working arrangement to pave
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Customs inspectors at Sofia Airport seized over 2800 packages of veterinary vaccines and 128 animal passports
Customs officers from TD Customs Sofia seized 2 878 packages of veterinary vaccines, over one kilogram of veterinary tablets and
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EUR 1 million in assets seized in hit against ID forgers
On 7 February, Europol supported the Italian Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri) and the Malta Police Force (Pulizija) in an
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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 January/February 2024 issue
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Frontex and Europol forge closer cooperation
Frontex and Europol took another step towards strengthening the cooperation between the two agencies. Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens and
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460,000 pieces contraband cigarettes were discovered by customs officers hidden in metal profiles going from Turkey to France
Nearly 460,000 pieces contraband cigarettes were discovered by customs officers during an inspection of a truck entering the country from
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Dismantled an international criminal organization based in Spain dedicated to performing neoshamanic rituals
The 18 detainees promoted and developed – for profit – rituals, where they supplied different psychoactive substances that were prohibited
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