Smugglers have unsuccessfully tried to navigate the Katra River
Officers of the Varėna border team of the SBGS at the confluence of the rivers Katra, Ūla and Pelesa in
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US CBP Seizes Over 50K Apple AirPods, Nintendo Game Consoles
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Houston Seaport seized Apple AirPods and Nintendo video game consoles in
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Hundreds of thousands of counterfeit perfumes, cosmetics and toys seized by border guards in 11 months in 2021
In the first 11 months of 2021, the Romanian Border Police, together with other competent authorities, carried out actions to
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SBGS officers intercept another cigarette raft in the Nemunas River
Officers of the Varėna border team captured a suspicious object in the Nemunas river, in the middle of which the
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Approximately 3.8 million packs of contraband cigarettes seized by border police in 11 months in 2021
In the first 11 months of 2021, border guards – independently or in collaboration with customs inspectors or representatives of
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544 arrests and €63 million of fake pharmaceuticals and illegal doping substances seized
Europol coordinated operation Shield II, a global effort to target trafficking of counterfeit and misused medicines and doping substances. The
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Depleting fish stocks fueling transnational crime
A global operation coordinated by INTERPOL shows fisheries crime linked to other serious crimes such as human trafficking and the
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US CBP Seize Fake Jewelry and Scarves Worth over $3 Million
On November 30, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized a shipment containing counterfeit designer jewelry and
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Spanish Civil Guard seizes more than three million euros from a criminal organization dedicated to money laundering from drug trafficking
Civil Guard, within the framework of the “Talofita” operation, carried out in the province of Cádiz, has proceeded to dismantle
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Approximately 15 tons of pyrotechnic materials, discovered at the border
Giurgiu border police, together with police officers from the Giurgiu County Police Inspectorate, discovered in a truck, 15,000 kilograms of pyrotechnic articles,
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Lithuanian Border Guards Seized One and a Half Million Packets of Smugglers This Year
Despite the biggest problem on the border with Belarus, this year remains the migrant crisis, border guards continue to struggle
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Over 1,400 counterfeit clothing items were discovered by Romanian border guards
On 01.12.2021, Romanian border police officers from PTF Giurgiu carried out an inspection of a van, driven by a 53-year-old
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Nov/Dec issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of the November/December 2021 issue of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR for the latest views and news.
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On the border with Poland, a border guard dog “sniffed out” a pair of “narcotic” sneakers
Ukraine Border guards of the Lviv detachment at the Krakivets checkpoint were checking passengers of one of the regular buses
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Results of a Bulgarian police operation to counter commodity smuggling
A specialized police operation to counteract the smuggling of goods and excise goods was conducted yesterday at the Kapitan Andreevo
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Cigarettes worth 350,000 lei confiscated at the border with Ukraine
Romanian border guards from the Border Police Sector Valea Vişeului, Maramureș County, organized an actionfor combating cigarette smuggling in the area
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23 home searches in the counties of Galați, Iași and Suceava counties for the destructuring of a tobacco smuggling network
In the autumn of 2020, several people formed an organized criminal group, specializing in smuggling cigarettes from Ukraine, smuggled into
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Over 33,000 packs of cigarettes confiscated at the northern border of Romania
At the Petea Border Crossing Point , Satu Mare County, two men, aged 34 and 46, with dual Romanian citizenship, showed
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