46 people smugglers arrested, millions of cigarattes seized in global operation led by Frontex
More than 30 million of cigarettes seized, 43 fraudulent documents confiscated, 46 people smugglers arrested in a global operation against
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cigrarette smuggling
Contraband cigarettes worth approximately 2.3 million euros, discovered at PTF Giurgiu, Romania
At the Giurgiu Border Crossing Point, a 53-year-old Bulgarian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving a road combination
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Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP found 600 000 contraband cigarettes in furniture
Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP detained 600 000 pieces (30 000 boxes) of contraband cigarettes during an inspection of
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Over 260,000 pieces contraband cigarettes, hidden in furniture, were discovered by the Bukgarian customs officers
On 23.05.2023, a truck with a foreign registration arrived on the inbound route of the customs point. The driver –
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Bulgarian customs officers at Bourgas Airport BCP seized over 2500 boxes of cigarettes from the luggage of five passengers
The customs officers of the Bourgas Airport BCP seized 2569 boxes (51 380 pieces) of cigarettes from the luggage of
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Over 66,000 packs of cigarettes, 550,684 lei and sums in foreign currency seized following 14 searches in Maramureș, Romania
On the 23.02.2023, border police from ITPF Sighetu Marmației together with Territorial Service of the Border Police Maramureș and Sighetu
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Over 650,000 cigarettes hidden in the roof of a semi-trailer, discovered by Romanian border police
Border policemen from the Bechet Border Police Sector and the Dolj Border Police Territorial Service, together with workers from the
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Gunfire to detain Ukrainian national caught smuggling cigarettes at northern border
On the 1st March, border police officers noticed four people carrying bulky parcels from the border line to the interior
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Bulgarian Customs inspectors from “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” discovered a stash with over 57,000 cigarettes in a passenger van
During a customs inspection of a passenger minibus, officers from the “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” Sector in the TD
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Nearly 54,000 cigarettes with Bulgarian labels were seized during four checks
During an inspection of a car traveling to France, another 17,680 cigarettes with a Bulgarian excise label were found. Customs
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Traffickers smuggling tobacco from Belarus busted in Poland
Europol supported the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji) and the
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More than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes were detained by the Bulgarian customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP
The customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP discovered more than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes during two inspections of vehicles entering
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Bulgarian Customs officers at Lesovo BCP found a large amount of sexual stimulants and cigarettes in a car
Customs officers at Lesovo BCP found contraband 13 650 packs of sexual stimulant and 9800 cigarettes in a car with
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Nearly 65,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes were discovered by the Bulgarian customs officers
64,800 pieces (3,240 boxes) of smuggled cigarettes were found by the customs officials during three inspections of the Kapitan Andreevo.
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Contraband cigarettes, worth over 1.5 million euros, discovered hidden in a truck
On 21.01.2023 at the Romanian Bechet Border Crossing Point, a 51-year-old Bulgarian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving
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Counterfeit tobacco products worth EUR 17 million seized in France
During the raids last week, the French officers arrested nine suspects, most of them Moldovan nationals. The gendarmes discovered a
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3 tonnes of tobacco, 2 million cigarettes seized at EU’s external borders
Frontex coordinated an international operation against cigarette smuggling, document fraud, migrant smuggling and smuggling of firearms at EU’s external borders.
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Man jailed after more than three million cigarettes seized
A man who orchestrated a huge importation of illegal tobacco from the Middle East to Melbourne has been sentenced to two
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