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Customs and Trade News 

Nearly 11,000 counterfeit toys and more than 147,000 pyrotechnic devices dangerous to health and safety were seized in Bizkaia

25th February 202221st February 2022 Tony Kingham counterfeit, counterfeit goods, pyrotechnics

The Spanish Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, within the framework

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Drugs News One to watch Smuggling 

Dangerous Items Intercepted by Louisville US CBP are Setting Records

19th August 202117th August 2021 Tony Kingham counterfeit, counterfeit goods, drug smuggling, smuggling

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville are seeing unfathomable increases in illicit and dangerous items arriving at

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News Smuggling 

Europol and INTERPOL coordinated operation OPSON 2020, which targeted trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverage

22nd July 202121st July 2021 Tony Kingham counterfeit, smuggling, smuggling foodstuffs

The operation, the tenth of its kind, ran from December 2019 to June 2021 and involved law enforcement authorities from

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Migration News Organised Crime 

CBP Announces February 2021 Operational Update

15th March 202112th March 2021 NeilWalker counterfeit, cross border crime, drug smuggling, drugs, mjigration, USCBP

February marked the start of processing for migrants with active cases under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) through three ports

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Customs and Trade News 

CBP Seizes Large Shipment of Designer Watches, Again, Worth $15M

26th February 202126th February 2021 NeilWalker border security, counterfeit, customs, USCBP

For the second time in seven days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Port of Louisville

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Customs and Trade News 

CBP Seizes Counterfeit AirPods, Electronic Devices Valued at Over $1.6M

17th February 202117th February 2021 NeilWalker border security, counterfeit, customs, USCBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Houston Seaport intercepted counterfeit AirPods and other electronic devices with a

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Organised Crime 

Bulgarian authorities dismantle euro and ID counterfeiters

5th February 2021 NeilWalker counterfeit, cross border crime, europol, FakeID

Europol supported the Bulgarian authorities to take down an organised crime group involved in currency and document counterfeiting. US Secret

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Organised Crime 

EUROPOL’s Early Warning Notification – Illicit Sales of False Negative Covid-19 Test Certificates

1st February 20211st February 2021 NeilWalker counterfeit, covid-19, cross border crime, travel

To contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, an increasing number of countries in the EU and beyond are obliging

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Customs and Trade Smuggling 

CBP Seizes Nearly $1.3 Million in Counterfeit Toys Ahead of the Holidays

23rd December 202023rd December 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, USCBP

These toys were definitely not the “real ones,” as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of

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Organised Crime 

Over $1.3M of Counterfeit Currency Intercepted by CBP Officers

18th November 202018th November 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, counterfeit banknotes, smuggling

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Chicago International Mail Facility (IMF) recently seized a package from Ukraine that

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Smuggling 

200 Watches Worth Over $2M Halted by CBP Officers

18th November 202018th November 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling, USCBP

CBP officers in Louisville stopped a shipment from Hong Kong, destined for a company in New York, and uncovered 200

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Biometrics Organised Crime 

USCBP Memphis Seizes Nearly 200 Shipments Through Operation Mega Flex

5th November 20203rd November 2020 NeilWalker biometrics, border technology, counterfeit, FakeID, USCBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Memphis yielded nearly 200 seizures of counterfeit ID cards and illegal narcotics over the

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Organised Crime Smuggling 

Over $500K of Counterfeit Currency Seized by CBP Officers in Chicago

27th October 202027th October 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling, USCBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Chicago International Mail Facility (IMF) spent the weekend counting counterfeit currency from

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News Smuggling 

No safe market for fakes: 21 countries target illegal goods in Europe-wide sting

25th September 202025th September 2020 Tony Kingham counterfeit, europol, smuggling

Nearly 28 million counterfeit and illegal goods including 27 million facemasks were seized Europe-wide operation Aphrodite has brought together 21

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Organised Crime 

Polish Border Guards detain members of a criminal group

3rd September 20201st September 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, cross border crime, smuggling

Officers from the Warmia and Mazury Department of the Border Guard and KAS detained 8 members of an organized criminal

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Smuggling 

48,754 illegal perfumes seized in Istanbul

2nd September 20201st September 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling

In the operation carried out by the Customs Enforcement Teams of the Ministry of Commerce in the Istanbul Muratbey Customs

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Smuggling 

CBP Seize Half-Million Dollars Worth of Counterfeit Designer Bags

1st September 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville recently seized four parcels containing more than 200 designer bags worth

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Smuggling 

Colombian authorities seize counterfeit goods worth $5M

26th August 202026th August 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-Cartagena reports the seizure of nearly 82,000 counterfeit items including Apple Air Pods, M·A·C cosmetics, Kipling bags

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