BSF DG visits Indo-Pak international border to review security plans
Amid spike in ceasefire violations and intrusion bids along the Line of Control, the director general of Border Security Force
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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’.
3 Arrested in Hungary In €1.4 Million VAT Fraud Investigation
Last week, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (Nemzeti Adó és Vámhivatal) unravelled a sophisticated tax evasion scheme which
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Operation Kebab: crimes of trafficking in human beings and assisting unlawful
Following an investigation began in October 2019 by the Immigration and Borders Service (SEF), under the coordination of the Public
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Polish Border Guards detain members of organized criminal group
Officers from the Vistula Border Guard Unit and the Central Police Investigation Bureau again hit an organized criminal group. Its
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Smuggled goods worth almost 1,400,000 lei, stopped at the eastern border
Border police officers from the Territorial Service of the Vaslui Border Police discovered this weekend, in a one-off action, smuggled
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International policing at the crossroads of health and security
Leaders of the world’s regional police organizations came together in a virtual meeting hosted by INTERPOL to address the challenges
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ITTF seizure of nearly 10 million cigarettes leads to the arrest of one man
A Sydney man has been arrested by the Australian Border Force (ABF) led Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) after a shipment
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EU concludes agreements with Montenegro and Serbia on Frontex cooperation
The European Council adopted two decisions to conclude the agreements with Montenegro and Serbia on border management cooperation between these
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Guardia Civil intervenes 1 ton of vacuum-packed marijuana
The Guardia Civil has intervened about 1 ton of vacuum-packed marijuana and 580 plants in various actions . The Guardia
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Blow to criminal group involved in smuggling
Border Guard officers from the Nadodrzański SG Department, working with policemen from Żary, detained 6 people who were members of
Read moreTemporary suspension of service at select Canadian border services locations
Further to the reduction of service at some Canadian land border ports of entry, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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New Report: Migrant Smugglers and Human Traffickers to Become More Ruthless and Clandestine
New report of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) at Europol looks back at the operations supported in 2019 and the intelligence gathered to draw the possible evolution of these crime areas in the upcoming months. A clear outlook of the potential developments would prepare a more effective response to these life-threatening criminal activities.
Read moreCBP Field Operations Seizes Over $293K in Undeclared Currency Over Weekend
Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized
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Border force seize cocaine worth £4.86 million
Officers at the port stopped an Irish-registered lorry carrying a load of frozen food which had just arrived on a
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101 Arrested and 19,000 Stolen Artefacts Recovered In International Crackdown on Art Trafficking
More than 19,000 archaeological artefacts and other artworks have been recovered as part of a global operation spanning 103 countries
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INTERPOL, Europol and World Customs Organization join forces during Operations Athena II and Pandora IV
More than 19,000 archaeological artefacts and other artworks have been recovered as part of a global operation spanning 103 countries
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OSCE Presence visits border crossing points in Albania to assess situation amid COVID-19
The OSCE Presence in Albania visited the border crossing points of Kapshtica and Kakavija to assess the overall situation, as
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INTERPOL has signed an agreement with the World Customs Organization (WCO) granting the global body access to its database on illicit firearms
The agreement further strengthens the longstanding cooperation between the two organizations in the fight against trafficking, organized crime and terrorism,
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