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Smuggling

Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco

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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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Gunfire to detain Ukrainian national caught smuggling cigarettes at northern border

17th March 202314th March 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling, smuggling

On the 1st March, border police officers noticed four people carrying bulky parcels from the border line to the interior

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Smuggled sexual stimulants seized by Bulgarian customs officers at Danube Bridge

9th March 20237th March 2023 Tony Kingham sexual stimulants, smuggling

Over 9500 boxes of smuggled sexual stimulants, transported to Germany, were detained by customs officers from Rousse Customs. On 1/3/23

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Contraband cigarettes, tobacco and other counterfeit goods, estimated at a value of approximately 14 million

9th March 20238th March 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods

At the Romanian Zimnicea Border Crossing Point, on the way to enter the country, a Turkish citizen, aged 66, at

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Over 7.6 million. filters for cigarettes detained by Bulgarian customs officers

7th March 20237th March 2023 Tony Kingham cross border crime, smuggling

ustoms officers of Rousse Customs Territorial Directorate prevented the smuggling of over 7. 6 million cigarette filters.On 28.02.2023. at 07:00

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Bulgarian Customs inspectors from “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” discovered a stash with over 57,000 cigarettes in a passenger van

6th March 20235th March 2023 Tony Kingham Bulgaria, cigrarette smuggling, smuggling

During a customs inspection of a passenger minibus, officers from the “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” Sector in the TD

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News Smuggling 

Ukrainian currency worth nearly BGN 400 000 was found in the walls of a minibus by customs officers

2nd March 202327th February 2023 Tony Kingham smuggling, smuggling cash

Customs officers at Lesovo BCP found undeclared 7 840 000 Ukrainian hryvnias with a leva equivalent of nearly 400 000

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Cross Border Crime News Smuggling 

Nearly 54,000 cigarettes with Bulgarian labels were seized during four checks

27th February 202327th February 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling, smuggling

During an inspection of a car traveling to France, another 17,680 cigarettes with a Bulgarian excise label were found. Customs

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News Smuggling 

For Third Straight Year, Animal Product Contraband Hit Record Levels at LA/LB Seaport

24th February 202320th February 2023 Tony Kingham contraband foodstuffs, smuggling

2022 marked the busiest year ever for  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at the LA/LB Seaport, America’s largest

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News Smuggling 

Traffickers smuggling tobacco from Belarus busted in Poland

23rd February 202320th February 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling, cross border crime, smuggling

Europol supported the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji) and the

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Cross Border Crime News Smuggling 

More than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes were detained by the Bulgarian customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP

21st February 202320th February 2023 Tony Kingham Bulgaria, cigrarette smuggling, cross border crime

The customs officers of  Kapitan Andreevo BCP discovered more than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes during two inspections of vehicles entering

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Cross Border Crime News Smuggling 

More than 1000 liters of illegal alcohol were seized by Bulgarian customs officers

13th February 202312th February 2023 Tony Kingham alcohol, cross border crime, smuggling

Customs officers from the “Customs Intelligence and Investigation” Department at TD Bourgas Customs seized 1011 liters of illegal ethyl alcohol

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News Smuggling 

US CBP Seizes Over 800 Packaged Prescription Pills

7th February 20236th February 2023 Tony Kingham illegal prescription drugs, US CBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) officers working at the Port of Shreveport, Louisiana seized a shipment containing 830

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Customs and Trade News Smuggling 

Contraband cigarettes, worth over 1.5 million euros, discovered hidden in a truck

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling, cross border crime, romania

On 21.01.2023 at the Romanian Bechet Border Crossing Point, a 51-year-old Bulgarian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving

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Counterfeit Goods News Smuggling 

3 tonnes of tobacco, 2 million cigarettes seized at EU’s external borders

18th January 202317th January 2023 Tony Kingham counterfeit cigarettes, counterfeit goods, tobacco smuggling

Frontex coordinated an international operation against cigarette smuggling, document fraud, migrant smuggling and smuggling of firearms at EU’s external borders.

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Drugs Smuggling 

During the special action in Plovdiv, over 270 kg of tobacco leaves were seized

10th January 202310th January 2023 Tony Kingham tobacco smuggling

A specialized operation to counter the smuggling of excise goods was conducted at the end of last week by employees

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News Smuggling 

3 tonnes of tobacco, 2 million cigarettes seized at EU’s external borders

9th January 20239th January 2023 Tony Kingham cigrarette smuggling

Frontex coordinated an international operation against cigarette smuggling, document fraud, migrant smuggling and smuggling of firearms at EU’s external borders.

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Customs and Trade Smuggling 

Man jailed after more than three million cigarettes seized

23rd December 202221st December 2022 Tony Kingham ABF, Australian Border Force, cigrarette smuggling, customs, smuggling

​A man who orchestrated a huge importation of illegal tobacco from the Middle East to Melbourne has been sentenced to two

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