OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada
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Smuggling
Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
Buffalo CBP Officers Seize $207,500 of Unreported Currency Concealed inside the Cab of Commercial Truck
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Lewiston Bridge seized $207,500 in unreported currency. CBP officers inspected a
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Largest Ever Bust of Euro Banknote Counterfeits (Possibly)
The criminal network dismantled in Italy produced 25% of all counterfeit euro banknotes in circulation Law enforcement authorities from Italy,
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28 bird traffickers netting €1 million per year arrested in Spain
The Spanish Civil Guard’s Environment Protection Service (Guardia Civil – SEPRONA), together with the Portuguese Republican National Guard (Guarda Nacional
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UNODC Study sheds light on hidden crime of firearms trafficking
Pistols are the world’s most seized type of firearm, making up around 39 per cent of the total number of
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CBP Finds 300 Pieces of Counterfeit Merchandise worth over $350,000
One shipment that arrived at the Express Consignment Operations mail facility in Louisville could have rivaled any person’s clothing wishlist.
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One of the largest criminal networks in Madrid dedicated to the importation of heroin and the cultivation and export of marijuana dismantled
A total of 46 arrests have been made and 30 searches have been carried out in country houses, warehouses and
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Louisiana task force seizes $7 million in drugs, weapons, arrests
Louisiana State Police task force that includes personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New
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Romanian Border Police dismantle ciminal groups specializing in cigarette smuggling
The border policemen from the Territorial Service of the Suceava Border Police, under the coordination of the prosecutors from DIICOT
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Criminals are infiltrating Africa’s booming mobile money industry
The fast growing sector has been linked to human trafficking, money laundering and the global drug trade, among other crimes.
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Polish Border Guards Seize Illegal Munitions and Drugs
Officers from the SG branch in Kłodzko together with Lower Silesian policemen and officers of the Lower Silesian Customs and
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The Civil Guard dismantles an arms trafficking network for organized crime
More than 60 firearms, 4,900 metal cartridges of different calibres, counterfeit money and a marijuana plantation have been intervened, among
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Polish police and customs seize weapons, ammunition and drugs
Officers from the SG branch in Kłodzko together with Lower Silesian policemen and officers of the Lower Silesian Customs and
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CBP Intercepts $5.5 Million of Fake Gucci, Facebook and Instagram Women’s Sleepwear at LA/LB Seaport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and import specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport seized 16,340 counterfeit
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International VAT-fraud with sale of sugar and cooking oil in Hungary unravelled
In an operation in Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol, Hungarian
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Large-scale deployment of the federal police to combat commercial smuggling and commercial document forgery
Germany’s Federal police officers are currently executing search warrants on behalf of the Hanover public prosecutor in the federal states
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2.5 tonnes of waste trafficked from the Canary Islands to Africa
700 kg of electrical waste and electronic equipment was among the waste seized by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil)
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On global anti-drug trafficking day INTERPOL and WCO highlight the pandemic’s multiplying effect on illicit activities
INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have reaffirmed their commitment to aligning police and customs efforts in the fight
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