Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.
Two men have been arrested following an Australian Border Force (ABF) led investigation into allegations of large scale customs fraud and alcohol smuggling totalling an estimated $28 million. #wbsc #bordersecurity #smuggling
Read moreLaredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehend nine illegal aliens from a human smuggling event involving destruction of private property. #bordersecurity #smuggling
Read moreEuropeans are spending at least EUR 30 billion on drugs each year at retail level, making the drug market a major source of income for organised crime groups in the European Union. This figure is announced today in the 2019 EU Drug Markets Report, released by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Europol (1). Around two-fifths of this total (39%) is spent on cannabis, 31% on cocaine, 25% on heroin and 5% on amphetamines and MDMA (2).
Read moreThe German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) supported by Europol, concluded their operation into a large criminal network smuggling migrants to western Europe in lorries. Austria, Hungary, the United Kingdom and Eurojust also took part in this two-year, Europe-wide operation. #smuggling #bordersecurity #wbsc
Read moreOperation Sunbird IV took place in all 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It aimed to reinforce cooperation between law enforcement agencies in order to identify, arrest and investigate terror suspects and criminals crossing borders in the region. #bordersecurity
Read morectober, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migratory routes fell 17% from the previous month to around 16 800 due to a drop in arrivals on the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. The total on all European migratory routes for the first 10 months of 2019 was 16% lower at 107 900.
Read moreA new report indicates that a significant share of child labour and human trafficking in global supply chains occurs at their lower tiers, in activities such as raw material extraction and agriculture, making due diligence, visibility and traceability challenging.
Read moreTwo Dutch men who smuggled vast quantities of cannabis from the Netherlands into the UK have been jailed following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. #bordersecurity #trafficking #smuggling
Read moreA 39-year-old Swedish man is due to face the Sydney Central Local court today after authorities discovered an estimated 16kg of methylamphetamine (ice) concealed in two suitcases.
The man was selected by Australian Border Force (ABF) officials for a baggage examination after arriving in Sydney on a flight from Turkey.
Four men have been arrested over the importation of 400kg of methylamphetamine, which was detected by Australian Border Force (ABF) concealed in bottles of sriracha imported from the USA.
Read moreExtensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Brazilian law enforcement authorities culminated in the Brazil Federal Police (DPF) conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational alien smuggling organization, including the arrest on Brazilian charges of an alleged alien smuggler who has also been indicted in the United States. The alien smugglers targeted in this operation are alleged to be responsible for the illicit smuggling of scores of individuals from South Asia and elsewhere, into Brazil, and ultimately to the United States.
Read moreAs a response to the migrant camps in Calais, the UK government spent considerable amounts of money on improving security at the Channel ports, with investment in things like specialist fencing, sniffer dogs as well as technology, such as human presence detection systems (sometimes known as heart-beat detectors). #trafficking #bordersecurity
Read moreAuthorities from seven countries, with the active support of Eurojust, Europol and the European anti-fraud office OLAF, have dismantled an international organised crime group (OCG) which was involved in the large scale illegal trade of tobacco.
Read moreFive men have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a crime group suspected of hiding migrants in a cattle truck in a bid to smuggle them into the UK.
Read moreThe online system will collect data on trafficking survivors – such as the country or region of origin, age, gender – the types of abuse they faced, and other data including methods of referral procedure before courts and traffickers’ profiles. #humantrafficking #migration
Read moreAustralian Border Force (ABF) officers have detained three Chinese and two Malaysian nationals in the southern Perth suburb of Piara Waters as part of an ongoing national operation targeting unscrupulous labour hire intermediaries and foreign worker exploitation.
Read moreHuman Smuggling Network Busted: EUROPOL supports action days in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia Hertgovina #bordersecurity #humantrafficking #bsr
Read moreOn Oct. 16, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a partnership with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Airport System (HAS) Director Mario Diaz, forging an outreach campaign to combat human trafficking through Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) program. #humantrafficking #bordersecurity #bordersecurityreport #worldbordersec
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