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Human Trafficking
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The Spanish Civil Guard arrested 17 people for facilitating irregular migration and smuggling on the Almería coast
The Spanish Civil Guard, within the framework of Operation “ALINDA”, has carried out an operation against criminal organizations and... Read More
Human Trafficking
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Romanian citizen, pre-arrested in Giurgiu for migrant smuggling
Border police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Inspectorate, during a Blitz operation, detected, following a vehicle check,... Read More
Human Trafficking
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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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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
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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
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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