Coast 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
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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.
Malaysian 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
Read more€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
Read moreSmuggling 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
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