Month: December 2025
Human Trafficking
News
Fourteen foreign citizens detected by Constanta border police
On Christmas Day, border police officers on duty between the towns of Negru Vodă and Cerchezu detected a group... Read More
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One to watch
Smuggling
Packages containing illegal cigarettes smuggled from Belarus into Poland using weather balloons
Over the holiday weekend, officers from the Podlaskie Border Guard Unit discovered five packages containing contraband cigarettes. Fragments of... Read More
Drugs
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Weeks of monitoring lead to major cocaine seizure with key Frontex support
For weeks, Frontex monitored a fishing vessel that appeared determined to disappear. That sustained effort helped lead to the... Read More
Cross Border Crime
News
Smuggling
30,000 Tramadol pills intercepted by US CBP in Cincinnati
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized a shipment on Dec. 4 containing 30,000 Tramadol tablets, a... Read More
News
Smuggling
US CBP seizes over $407,000 of unapproved pharma
In late October, Cincinnati U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigation... Read More
Cross Border Crime
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Europol-supported operation takes down key figures of ‘Balkan Cartel’ in Germany
Europol supported law enforcement authorities from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, and Serbia in carrying out a large-scale... Read More
Cross Border Crime
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Europol-supported operation takes down key figures of ‘Balkan Cartel’ in Germany
Europol supported law enforcement authorities from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, and Serbia in carrying out a large-scale... Read More
Counterfeit Goods
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US CBP officers intercept $18 million in counterfeits in Louisville
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Louisville seized three shipments on Dec. 5 and Dec. 8 of counterfeit... Read More
Counterfeit Goods
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US CBP seized more than $425,000 in counterfeit products
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rochester port of entry seized designer items for bearing counterfeit... Read More