Sports shoes likely to be counterfeit, worth approximately one million euros, discovered by Romanian border police
A joint team made up of border policemen from the Coast Guard and customs inspectors from the Constanța South-Agigea Border
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Customs and Trade
Nine persons were detained during the specialized operation in Bulgaria, over 2,500 items were seized
GDBOP neutralized an organized criminal group for the import of goods with protected trademarks during a specialized police operation conducted
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At the Giurgiu Border Crossing Point, a 50-year-old Romanian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving a truck, consisting
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Australian Border Force intercepts shipment of almost 12 million illegal cigarettes
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers seized almost 12 million illicit cigarette sticks which were detected inside one single consignment arriving into
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US CBP Agents and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies Seized More Than $300,000 in Smuggled Tobacco Products
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit assisted the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on a traffic stop
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Cigarettes smuggled in by balloon
Officers from the Podlaskie Branch of the Polish Border Guard prevented the smuggling of illegal tobacco products across the Polish-Belarusian
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Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP found cigarettes in a truck with furniture
The customs officers at Lesovo BCP found 80 000 pieces (4000 boxes) of contraband cigarettes in a truck transporting furniture
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Fake medicines worth EUR 64 million off EU markets
Between April and October 2023, Europol coordinated the fourth edition of Operation SHIELD. Law enforcement, judicial, customs, medical and anti-doping
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64,500 packs of cigarettes, worth approximately 1.3 million lei, discovered in a container arrived from Pakistan in the Port of Constanţa
Border police officers from the Coast Guard, together with customs workers from the South Constanța Border Customs Office, discovered in
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Thousands of luxury goods, likely to be counterfeited, worth approximately 4 million lei, discovered in Calafat, Romania
At the Romanian Calafat Border Crossing Point, a Bulgarian citizen, driving a truck registered in Bulgaria, presented himself to enter
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Tony Kingham in conversation with Bob Van Den Berghe of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Tony Kingham in conversation with Bob Van Den Berghe of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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Bulgarian Customs officers seized cigarette blanks hidden in a truck with wet wipes
Bulgarian Customs officers from TD Rousse Customs seized 175 365 blanks for cigarette boxes and 112 coils of corcofan (filter
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ABF targets Townsville in high-visibility border blitz
The Australian Border Force (ABF) staged a week of action in Townsville last week, focused on ensuring proper processes for
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Contraband cigarettes discovered by Coast Guard border guards in special compartments in the walls of a ship arriving from Libya
Border police officers from the Coast Guard, accompanied by a service dog, managed to identify a quantity of contraband cigarettes
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Drone smuggling at the northern border
Border policemen from the Territorial Service of the Satu Mare Romanian Border Police noticed a noise produced by a small
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Home searches in a criminal case concerning 64 shipments containing more than 328 tons of unprocessed tobacco
Over 100 border police officers implement 23 home search warrants in a criminal case aimed at breaking up a tobacco
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Cash, vapes and illegal tobacco seized in huge multi-agency tobacco raids
The ABF-led Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) and partner agencies have shattered a large scale illegal tobacco syndicate in a series
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US CBP Officers in Louisville Intercept 130 Designer Watches Worth $4.24 Million
One of the most common counterfeited items seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are watches, and one
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