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ABF targets Townsville in high-visibility border blitz

21st September 202318th September 2023 Tony Kingham cross border crime, port security

The Australian Border Force (ABF) staged a week of action in Townsville last week, focused on ensuring proper processes for

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Contraband cigarettes discovered by Coast Guard border guards in special compartments in the walls of a ship arriving from Libya

15th September 202313th September 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

Border police officers from the Coast Guard, accompanied by a service dog, managed to identify a quantity of contraband cigarettes

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Drone smuggling at the northern border

14th September 202313th September 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

Border policemen from the Territorial Service of the Satu Mare Romanian Border Police noticed a noise produced by a small

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Customs and Trade News 

Home searches in a criminal case concerning 64 shipments containing more than 328 tons of unprocessed tobacco

28th August 202328th August 2023 Tony Kingham tobacco smuggling

Over 100 border police officers implement 23 home search warrants in a criminal case aimed at breaking up a tobacco

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Cash, vapes and illegal tobacco seized in huge multi-agency tobacco raids

15th August 202314th August 2023 Tony Kingham tobacco smuggling

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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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

US CBP Officers in Louisville Intercept 130 Designer Watches Worth $4.24 Million

7th August 20237th August 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods

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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Counterfeit Goods Customs and Trade News 

Luxury Jewelry, Handbags, Watches & More Worth almost $800K Intercepted by CBP Officers at Chicago’s International Mail Facility

4th August 20231st August 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods

At Chicago O’Hare’s International Mail Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized two packages containing 614 pieces of

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Baltimore US CBP Officers Seize $314K in Counterfeit Converse-like Sneakers

2nd August 20231st August 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods

 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but we’re sure Chuck Taylor would come apart at the seams if he

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Customs and Trade News 

Perfumes, handbags and purses for over 3 million leva were detained by Bulgarian customs officers

28th July 202327th July 2023 Tony Kingham cross border crime

More than 55 000 perfumes and nearly 6000 bags and purses with figurative images and inscriptions of various trademarks were

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Contraband cigarettes worth approximately 2.3 million euros, discovered at PTF Giurgiu, Romania

15th June 202313th June 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

At the Giurgiu Border Crossing Point, a 53-year-old Bulgarian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving a road combination

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP found 600 000 contraband cigarettes in furniture

12th June 202312th June 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP detained 600 000 pieces (30 000 boxes) of contraband cigarettes during an inspection of

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Over 260,000 pieces contraband cigarettes, hidden in furniture, were discovered by the Bukgarian customs officers

2nd June 202330th May 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling, smuggling

On 23.05.2023, a truck with a foreign registration arrived on the inbound route of the customs point. The driver –

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Counterfeit Goods Customs and Trade News 

Approximately three tons of goods likely to be counterfeit arrived from China, confiscated at Henri Coandă-Otopeni Airport

26th May 202324th May 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods, smuggling

The action was started at the beginning of May, when on May 9, in the Cargo area of ​​the Henri

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Counterfeit Goods Customs and Trade News 

Three shipments containing 3,165 counterfeit items worth over $3.1M Seized by Louisville US CBP in one night

19th May 202316th May 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods

May 8 was a busy night for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville. CBP officers in Louisville

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Customs and Trade News 

2,400 pieces of counterfeit jewelry worth over $4.41M seized by Louisville US CBP

20th April 202318th April 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit jewellery, smuggling

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville seized three shipments of jewelry for bearing counterfeit designer trademarks while

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Bulgarian customs officers at Bourgas Airport BCP seized over 2500 boxes of cigarettes from the luggage of five passengers

12th April 202311th April 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

The customs officers of the Bourgas Airport BCP seized 2569 boxes (51 380 pieces) of cigarettes from the luggage of

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Over 66,000 packs of cigarettes, 550,684 lei and sums in foreign currency seized following 14 searches in Maramureș, Romania

5th April 20235th April 2023 Tony Kingham cigarettes, cigrarette smuggling

On the 23.02.2023, border police from ITPF Sighetu Marmației together with Territorial Service of the Border Police Maramureș and Sighetu

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Over 650,000 cigarettes hidden in the roof of a semi-trailer, discovered by Romanian border police

23rd March 202320th March 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

Border policemen from the Bechet Border Police Sector and the Dolj Border Police Territorial Service, together with workers from the

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