€5 Million To Tighten Border Security in Ghana
The four-year-project aims at improving border management and security in Ghana, by reducing irregular migration, human trafficking, the smuggling of
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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.
Smuggling stolen electronic equipment
Officers of the Joint Polish-German Outpost in Świecko detained two Belarusian citizens who were carrying stolen electronic equipment from Germany. The value of secured equipment is PLN 75 thousand.
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Eight Arrested for Smuggling Migrants from Greece to Italy
On 2 February 2020, a law enforcement operation supported by Europol saw the arrest of eight individuals suspected of smuggling
Read moreSpanish police arrest 26 for smuggling migrants from Algeria and Morocco
On 19 November 2019, the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) dismantled an organised criminal group specialised in migrant smuggling using
Read moreCombating human trafficking and disappearances of refugee children
The Council of Europe should “do more to combat human trafficking and to ensure that its legal standards are adequate
Read more23 Arrests in France and the Netherlands as Iraqi-Kurdish Smuggling Network Busted
Around 10 000 migrants transported to the UK in refrigerated lorries The French Border Guard together with the French National
Read moreBalkans: Operation Theseus busts human trafficking and migrant smuggling rings
Authorities in the Balkans have dealt a blow to organized crime groups by arresting 72 suspected traffickers and 167 migrant
Read moreSmuggled Vietnamese through Poland. Ten people indicted
Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin sent an indictment to the District Court in Warsaw against ten persons accused of participating in an organized criminal group organizing the illegal migration of Vietnamese citizens. “Baltic channel.” #bordersecurity #smuggling #trafficking
Read more12 Arrested in Drugs Bust Against Drug Traffickers in Canary Islands
A large-scale drug trafficking organisation linked to Colombian and Peruvian cartels was dismantled in Spain and Colombia in an international law enforcement operation. Europol supported the two-year-long investigation, led by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) in close collaboration with the National Police of Colombia and the US DEA. #bordersecurity #drugsmuggling
Read more$15 million of meth, guns and illicit cash seized
Fifteen people have been charged after a year-long WA joint law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of around $15 million worth of methylamphetamine (meth), four guns and more than $75,000 cash. #bordersecurity #smuggling
Read more47 Arrests for Smuggling Moroccan Citizens to the EU
The British Royal Gibraltar Police and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) supported by Europol, dismantled an organised criminal group
Read moreAsylum Seekers Extorted – Men Sentenced for Scheme Targeting New Immigrants
It was easy for the criminals to spot their targets as buses offloaded passengers into the din of New York
Read moreZambia gains momentum in its review of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 11 of 2008
UNODC partnered with the Zambia Law Development Commission (ZLDC) to convene a validation meeting on 19 December 2019 for stakeholders on the review of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 11 of 2008. The review was necessitated by the need to address the bottlenecks associated with the enforcement of the Act and re-aligning the provisions of the Act with the 2002 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Palermo Protocol) as per Zambia’s international obligations.
Read moreA fraudulent immigration consultant charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
A man was summoned to appear in the Montréal courthouse after being charged on December 5, 2019 with acting as an immigration consultant without being authorized, and encouraging individuals to misrepresent material facts on the immigration applications they submitted to Canadian officials.
Read moreCrime Gang Makes over €2m Trafficking Illegal Steroids
An investigation by the Financial Police Division of Hellenic Police (Διεύθυνση Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας της Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας), the Central Office to fight Against Environmental and Public Health Crime (OCLAESP) and French Customs (Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects) with the support of experts from Europol resulted in the arrest of nine members in Greece and one in France of an organised crime group responsible for the production and trafficking of illegal anabolic substances and medicines around the world. #bordersecurity #trafficking
Read moreFake migration agents sentenced
Two Sydney women, one a 30 year old Australian citizen and the other a 32 year old Chinese national with permanent residency, have been sentenced to conditional good behaviour bonds after pleading guilty to multiple offences against the Migration Act. #bordersecurity #migration
Read moreDismantling an International Cocain Trafficking Network
An international criminal group specialised in cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe through a company from Moldova, has been dismantled with authorities working together from Belgium and the Republic of Moldova, with the support of Europol #bordersecurity #europol #trafficking #wbsc
Read moreOver 39 million illicit cigarettes seized in Melbourne
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has detected and seized over 39 million illicit cigarettes in one week in Melbourne. #smuggling #bordersecurity
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