EUBAM facilitates investigation on heroin trafficking
On 19 June, an investigation facilitated by EUBAM, the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine, led to detention
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Smugglers Equip Train Full of Hidden Cigarettes with GPS Tracker
Ukrainian Border guards of Lutsk border guard detachment found out smuggled cigarettes in the freight train going abroad through Volodymyr-Volynskyi
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Terrorists become increasingly ‘innovative’, in a world shaken by COVID-19
Despite “significant progress” in the fight against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Wednesday that amidst new and more diverse threats, COVID-19 has triggered increased activity throughout many countries. Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT), concluded the Second High-level
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US Border Patrol agents arrest smuggled migrants in trains, vehicles, and stash houses
Agents working train check operations in Robstown, Texas, discovered thirteen illegally present adult migrants in an eastbound train. The migrants
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IOM Opens New Office and Migrant Resource Centre in Key Migration Route in Eastern Sudan
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has opened a new sub-office and Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in the eastern Sudanese
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Australia and Malaysia cooperation combats maritime crime through Operation REDBACK
A joint Australia-Malaysia operation to target maritime crime in Malaysian territorial waters in the Strait of Malacca has concluded in
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Vision-Box and partners deliver Frontex innovative Entry/Exit System Pilot at the largest EU land border in Bulgaria
Vision-Box has announced the launch of a Frontex awarded trial to implement an innovative land borders project in Bulgaria, in
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Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini welcomed a Libyan delegation at IRINI’s Operational Headquarter
Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini welcomed at #IRINI’s OHQ a Libyan delegation led by the Chief of the Libyan Border Guard and composed by the Chief
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190 kilos of cocaine seized in Africa in two containers from the port of Gran Canaria
Guardia Civil, Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency and National Police in Spain, in collaboration with the police authorities of
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US Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Laredo Air Branch Sees 143% Increase in Migrant Apprehensions
Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Laredo Air Branch crew detection, surveillance, and tracking operations contributed to the apprehension of 12,400 people
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UK Foreign Secretary will announce new UK funding to fight the growing threat of terrorism in West Africa
At a meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh in Rome this afternoon, Dominic Raab will commit £12.6m to support
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US CBP Selects AnnMarie R. Highsmith and John P. Leonard as the Agency’s New Trade Leaders
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has selected Ms. AnnMarie R. Highsmith as Executive Assistant Commissioner and Mr. John P. Leonard
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IOM and Ghana Immigration Service launch project to strengthen border security
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) launched the project “Strengthening Border Security and Border
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Civil Guard leads the GAR-SI SAHEL Project to guarantee stability and the fight against terrorism and organized crime in SAHEL
The objective of the project, which has already trained 1,734 gendarmes, is cooperation to guarantee stability in the area and
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European Union provides passport readers to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
The EU, together with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has donated 20 passport reader devices to the Ministry of
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A vehicle with 665 Pounds of Marijuana Ferried Across the Rio Grande
US Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdict three smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than $1.2M
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US Agents Thwart Human Smuggling Attempt, Apprehend Driver with Drugs and Illegal Firearm
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Blythe station thwarted a human smuggling attempt at the Highway 78 immigration
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize Drugs Near Border in Niagara Falls, New York
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Niagara Falls Station responded to suspicious activity at the Whirlpool State Park and discovered
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