Over 13,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes discovered in Săpânţa, Romania
Border guards observed several people transporting large parcels from the water of the Tisza River to the interior of the
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Smuggling
Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
Courier drone with cigarettes did not reach the border with Poland
UAVs of various kinds have rapidly become extremely popular with the population. The use of drones is not limited to
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Tobacco products worth more than € 2 million seized in Spain and Portugal
The Portuguese and Spanish authorities dismantled the criminal group, arresting 17 suspects The Portuguese National Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana) and
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Latvian border guards stop the regular movement of cigarettes
Border guards of the Daugavpils administration of the State Border Guard suspected Volkswagen Sharan and Ford Galaxy cars driven by
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BOC-NAIA and DENR seized smuggled 276 carnivorous plants
Bureau of Customs-NAIA (BOC-NAIA) together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) seized illegally imported 276 carnivorous plants
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More than 18,000 packs of cigarettes confiscated at Romanias northern border
Border police officers from the Valea Vişeului Border Police Sector , in cooperation with those from STPF Maramureș, carried out
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Azeri elite agrees to hand over £4 million
A Politically Exposed Person has agreed to surrender £4m which was transferred via the Azerbaijan Laundromat money laundering scheme. London-based
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Dismantled an organization specialized in the manufacture and fraudulent commercialization of tobacco between Spain and Portugal
A total of 59 records have been made in Portugal and four in Spain, in which more than eleven tons
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Joint Action Day Arktos – 6.7 mln illegal cigarettes, 2.6 tonnes of tobacco seized
Within just 10 days, law enforcement and customs officers from seven countries, EU agencies and international organisations managed to disrupt
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Cigarettes smuggled through the Bug River, Poland
Border Guard officers noticed two people near the Bug border river. In the forest complex located close to the state border,
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ASEAN, Australia launch Project Portcullis 2021 to tackle illicit tobacco
This month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia established Project Portcullis 2021, the ASEAN-Australia Task Force on
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New Report: Money Laundering from Environmental Crime
Environmental crime – such as forestry crime, illegal mining and waste trafficking – is an extremely profitable criminal enterprise, generating
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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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Frontex expands its support in Spain for the summer
Frontex and the Spanish National Police have launched Minerva, an annual operation that takes place in three Spanish ports during
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Frontex expands presence in Western Balkans with operation in Serbia
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is expanding its operational activities outside of the European Union with the
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167 Pounds of Illegal Testosterone & Steroids Seized by US CBP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville seized a shipment of four boxes containing various amounts of testosterone
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1,203 tonnes of illegal pesticides were taken off the market
Between 13 January and 25 April 2021, Europol coordinated the sixth edition of operation Silver Axe targeting the trade in
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More than 10,000 packs of cigarettes and 434 kg of tobacco confiscated on Romanias northern border
At the Petea Border Crossing Point, Satu Mare County, a Romanian citizen, aged 27, from Maramureş County, showed up to
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