INTERPOL issues international guidelines to support law enforcement response to COVID-19
INTERPOL has released international guidelines in order to enhance the safety and effectiveness of law enforcement and first responder support
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.
Queensland man charged with importing gun parts
A man from Queensland’s Fraser Coast has been charged with illegally importing firearm components as part of a joint investigation
Read moreCBP Field Operations in Pharr Seizes Nearly $1 Million Worth of Marijuana in Commercial Shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted a commercial
Read moreDrug smuggler saddled with £217k confiscation order
A Dutchman jailed for 17 years after attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in a horsebox has been
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64 migrants found dead in truck container in Mozambique
The bodies of 64 men were discovered asphyxiated in a sealed shipping container on the back of a truck at
Read moreOver 4kgs of cocaine seized at Gold Coast Airport
A 35-year-old Australian man from Palm Beach, Queensland, has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for importing cocaine,
Read moreDHS: Combatting Human Trafficking with Analytics
There are currently an estimated 24.9 million victims (PDF; 16.41MB; 538 Pgs.)of human trafficking worldwide, contributing to a horrifyingly profitable illegal industry
Read moreCBP Officers Seize Cocaine Worth Nearly $200K at the Laredo Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at Laredo Port of Entry intercepted a substantial amount
Read moreMalawi civil society trained on trafficking in persons victims’ care and protection
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Homeland Security of Malawi conducted the first training for civil society on care and protection for victims of trafficking in persons in Lilongwe #bordersecurity #trafficking
Read moreAs Human Smuggling Trends Continue Border Patrol Vigilance Intercepts a Large Human Smuggling Attempt
Border Patrol agents intercepted a large human smuggling attempt at the Interstate Highway 35 Checkpoint. The incident occurred late in
Read more€7.9m of Illegal Products Seized in Hit Against Medicine Traffickers
Europol supported a pan-European operation targeting the illicit online and offline trafficking of misused and counterfeit medicines. The operation, led by the French National Gendarmerie (Central Office against Environmental and Public Health Crime – OCLAESP) and the Finnish Customs (Tulli), involved law enforcement authorities from 11* EU Member States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. #trafficking #smuggling #bordersecurity
Read more6 Arrested in Germany for Smuggling Over a Hundred Vietnamese Migrants to Europe
A key Vietnamese migrant smuggling network was broken up today after the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei), with the support of
Read moreCoast Guard cutter returns home from Eastern Pacific counterdrug patrol, $115M in cocaine seized
The Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned home to Alameda Sunday after a 78-day deployment during which they seized
Read moreMalaysian illegal worker group stopped at the border
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Perth International Airport have prevented a group of five Malaysian nationals from entering Australia
Read moreTrafficking of human beings and related crimes focus of OSCE-supported training course for judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
A one-day training course for judges and prosecutors from across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on addressing the trafficking in human
Read moreUN launches new project to address link between terrorism, arms and crime
Cheap and easily accessible small arms are increasingly becoming the “weapon of choice” for many terrorist groups, the UN counter-terrorism
Read moreCanadian-French dual national charged over alleged 154kg meth import
A 26-year-old Canadian-French dual national has been charged, after allegedly importing more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico into Australia. #bordersecurity #trafficking
Read moreTaking the Fight Against Human Trafficking Online in Uzbekistan
An estimated ten million migrants are on the move in Central Asia, to the thousands of construction sites in the
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