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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Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
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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Impressive capture at the northern border – Truck loaded with over 2.6 million cigarettes worth half a million euros
On March 31, 2025, at around 06:00, at the Siret Border Crossing Point, Suceava County, a truck consisting of a
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Tanker full of smuggled cigarettes discovered by border police
Border police officers from the Dolj Border Patrol Station stopped a tanker truck for inspection, in the vicinity of Cetate,
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ABF assists French Customs in New Caledonia in historic seizure of illicit tobacco
Customs officers in Noumea made an exceptional seizure of nearly 76 tonnes of contraband cigarettes, concealed in several containers that
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Five people arrested for violating the embargo on chemicals against Russia
Agents of the National Police, in a joint operation with Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency, arrested five people last
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Tens of thousands of smuggled cigarettes discovered on roads near the border with Bulgaria
Romanian border police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Sector stopped a car registered in Bulgaria, which was driving on
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More than 890,000 packets of illegal tobacco seized in Seville
The Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Casariche Local Police, has managed to deal a severe blow to tobacco
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Tens of thousands of smuggled cigarettes discovered on roads near the border with Bulgaria
Following the inspection of a truck, a joint inspection team discovered several packs of cigarettes hidden and undeclared in specially
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$81.5 Million in Unapproved Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems seized by Chicago US CBP
During the last 12 months, U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officers in Chicago made 121 seizures containing over 3.2
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