Philippines Inaugurate BOC-AMLC Coordinating Center
As part of the Philippines Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) commitment to border protection, the BOC together with the Anti-Money Laundering
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Smuggling
Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
Approximately 15 tons of pyrotechnic materials, discovered at the border
Giurgiu border police, together with police officers from the Giurgiu County Police Inspectorate, discovered in a truck, 15,000 kilograms of pyrotechnic articles,
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Three individuals were arrested for illicit tobacco offences
Two men and one woman have been arrested for offences relating to the importation and possession of illicit tobacco under
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Over $20 million of illicit cigarette sticks up in smoke
Investigations are underway following the detection and destruction of 18 million illicit cigarette sticks by the Australian Border Force (ABF).
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Lithuanian Border Guards Seized One and a Half Million Packets of Smugglers This Year
Despite the biggest problem on the border with Belarus, this year remains the migrant crisis, border guards continue to struggle
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Over 1,400 counterfeit clothing items were discovered by Romanian border guards
On 01.12.2021, Romanian border police officers from PTF Giurgiu carried out an inspection of a van, driven by a 53-year-old
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Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire Sign Counter Trafficking Agreement
As part of the deliberate policy of the present administration to enhance regional cooperation in the fight against human trafficking
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Smiths Detection collaborates with Microsoft and Heathrow to develop AI tool to uncover wildlife trafficking
Smiths Detection has collaborated with Microsoft and Heathrow in the development of a first of its kind multispecies AI model
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On the border with Poland, a border guard dog “sniffed out” a pair of “narcotic” sneakers
Ukraine Border guards of the Lviv detachment at the Krakivets checkpoint were checking passengers of one of the regular buses
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Results of a Bulgarian police operation to counter commodity smuggling
A specialized police operation to counteract the smuggling of goods and excise goods was conducted yesterday at the Kapitan Andreevo
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Cigarettes worth 350,000 lei confiscated at the border with Ukraine
Romanian border guards from the Border Police Sector Valea Vişeului, Maramureș County, organized an actionfor combating cigarette smuggling in the area
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23 home searches in the counties of Galați, Iași and Suceava counties for the destructuring of a tobacco smuggling network
In the autumn of 2020, several people formed an organized criminal group, specializing in smuggling cigarettes from Ukraine, smuggled into
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Over 33,000 packs of cigarettes confiscated at the northern border of Romania
At the Petea Border Crossing Point , Satu Mare County, two men, aged 34 and 46, with dual Romanian citizenship, showed
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Polish Border Guards detained a Polish citizen who owned over two tons of tobacco
officers from the Border Guard Post in Kielce detained a Volkswagen passenger car for inspection, in the luggage space of
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Drone used for smuggling
Officers from the Bug River Border Guard Unit prevented illegal tobacco products smuggled across the border from entering the circulation,
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Cigarettes worth 67,000 lei confiscated at the border with Ukraine
Border police officers from the Romanian Tarna Mare Border Police Sector, Satu Mare County, carried out an action to combat
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Polish Border Guard Unit and the National Revenue Administration from Biała Podlaska seized cigarettes worth PLN 1.5 million.
Officers from the Border Guard Post in Terespol and KAS in Biała Podlaska conducted joint official activities in the Biała
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US CBP at the LA/Long Beach Seaport Reports Record-Breaking Year for Seizures of Counterfeit and Prohibited Merchandise
In their Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border
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