Frontex teams up with 12 countries in Europe to crack down on smugglers
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led 12 European countries and international partners in a coordinated effort to
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Organised Crime
Organised crime is understood as ‘any serious crime with a cross-border dimension committed at or along, or which is related to, the external borders’.
Organised crime group used corrupt port worker in attempt to smuggle cocaine worth £90 million
Members of an organised crime group that attempted to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine into the UK with the help
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Europol warns of organised crime networks recruiting minors for criminal acts
Europol has today issued an intelligence notification on the recruitment of minors by criminal networks across Europe. Developed using information contributed
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Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, opened the INTERPOL General Assembly, stressing the need for international police cooperation to combat pervasive organized crime
The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body, made up of representatives from its 196 member countries. With around 1,000
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Two Key Figures of Notorious Serbian Clan Arrested in Barcelona
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), in collaboration with Europol and six other European partners, have arrested two senior members
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Four arrests and nine companies seized in anti-mafia operation in Italy and Brazil
Eurojust supported this international operation, which hit a notorious mafia organisation. Investigations into the criminal organisation uncovered an elaborate scheme
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The figurehead of an organised crime group that attempted to smuggle migrants into the UK jailed
The figurehead of an organised crime group that attempted to smuggle migrants into the UK has been jailed for 20
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Criminal syndicates use international travellers to smuggle cigarettes into Australia
Australian Border Force (ABF) is warning international travellers attempting to smuggle illicit tobacco into Australia that they will be caught,
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51 arrests in wide-scale operation to take down encrypted communication platform used by organised crime groups
During a global operation, authorities from around the globe took down an encrypted communication platform used for criminal activities such
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Eurojust supports large-scale anti-mafia operation leading to arrest and freezing of EUR 50 million
An investigation lasting over two years has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo.
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15 arrested in crackdown on high-profile Albanian criminal network
The Albanian authorities, in cooperation with Europol and Belgian, Dutch and French law enforcement, have successfully concluded a major operation,
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US CBP Announces Expanded Operations Targeting Transnational Criminal Organizations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently provided an update on its ongoing enforcement efforts against Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
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South American Police Chiefs commit to increased use of INTERPOL
South American Police Chiefs have committed to increased use of INTERPOL to address the growing national security threat posed by
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UK Launches New Border Security Command
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps to establishing a new UK Border Security Command (BSC). This
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Polish Border Guard officers tackle an organized criminal group
Officers from the Border Guard Station in Radom dismantled an organized criminal group specializing in organizing the illegal crossing of
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17 arrested in Italy after Turkish criminal organisation involved in homicides is dismantled
Europol today supported an action day in Italy to successfully dismantle a Turkish criminal organisation involved in multiple homicides across
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Organised crime group financed terrorists by organising the transfer of people, earning almost $600 million
A 33-year-old Syrian, founder and member of an international organized crime group, wanted on a European Arrest Warrant, was detained
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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 March/April 2024 issue
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