US CBP seizes over $407,000 of unapproved pharma
In late October, Cincinnati U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigation special
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Smuggling
Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
30,000 Tramadol pills intercepted by US CBP in Cincinnati
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized a shipment on Dec. 4 containing 30,000 Tramadol tablets, a schedule
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Romanian Border Guards seize over 54,000 cigarettes found hidden in the doors, floor, seats and walls of a minibus
Border guards from the Nădlac Border Police Sector carried out random and unsystematic checks on the communication routes near the border. On
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Weather balloons with illegal shipment
Officers from the Polish Border Guard post in Kuźnica, Lipsk commune, discovered two packages wrapped in black foil, along with
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Romanian Border Guards seize cigarettes worth 6.7 million lei discovered in a truck
Border police officers from the Nădlac Border Police Sector carried out random and unsystematic checks on the communication routes near the border.
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In Romania, over 186 million contraband cigarettes seized by authorities in 2025 – over three times more than in 2024
In the first 10 months of 2025, Romanian authorities seized over 186 million contraband cigarettes, with an estimated black market
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A criminal organization dedicated to the international smuggling of tobacco and nitrous oxide has been dismantled in Spain
Spanish National Police officers, in a joint operation with Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency, have dismantled a criminal organization
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First-of-its-kind global Customs operation uncovers dual threat of illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive material
The World Customs Organization (WCO) demonstrated the important role Customs play in protecting society from the illicit movement of dangerous
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Four charged, $2.3m illicit tobacco seized following week of action – Far North Coast
The NSW Police Organised Crime Squad, together with NSW Health and the Australian Border Force (ABF) led Illicit Tobacco Taskforce
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Minneapolis US CBP officers seize 165,000 illicit vaping products
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul recently seized pallets of illicit vaping products for violating the U.S
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US CBP seizes firearms and over $131K in currency at El Paso ports of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta Port of Entry in El Paso recently discovered and seized
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The Spanish Civil Guard leads an international operation against elver trafficking
The Spanish Civil Guard has presented the results of its latest operations against poaching and illegal trafficking of the European
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Major blow to billion-euro glass eel trafficking networks
Authorities from 21 countries across Europe and beyond joined forces with Europol to target organised crime groups behind the illegal
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Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
Border police officers from the Satu Mare Territorial Service of the Border Police carried out an action to combat cigarette
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Border Guards in Grzechotki detained Russian citizens who were tricked into crossing the border and smuggling amber.
At the road border crossing in Grzechotki, on the way to Poland, a Chrysler car pulled up for customs. The
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Cigarettes worth over 1.7 million lei confiscated at the northern border
Border police officers from the Brodina Border Police Sector discovered several bulky packages hidden in vegetation. Given that there were
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A commercial structure created to supply prohibited goods to the Russian Federation has been dismantled
Agents from the National Police and the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Unit, in collaboration with the National Intelligence Center (CNI),
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Operation stops over 70 shipments of counterfeit Human Growth Hormones and other dangerous chemicals
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stationed in Chicago intercepted 71 shipments containing dangerous chemicals during an operation involving
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