Category: Smuggling
Counterfeit Goods
News
Smuggling
Tens of thousands of undeclared or potentially counterfeit goods, valued at over 1.5 million lei, discovered by Romanian border police
A joint team consisting of border police officers from the Constanta Border Crossing Point and customs inspectors from the... Read More
Customs and Trade
Smuggling
The National Customs Agency: 25 million cigarettes detained in Operation Prometheus
Nearly 25 million pieces of illegal cigarettes were seized by customs officers over the course of a day in... Read More
Cross Border Crime
News
Smuggling
In Los Libertadores, authorities intercept contraband veterinary medicines hidden in a spare tire
The keen and trained eye of the operators of the National Customs Service’s scanner truck stationed at the Los... Read More
Cross Border Crime
News
Smuggling
More than 800 vehicle inspections and 4 arrests for cigarette smuggling in highway operation in the Coquimbo Region
The highway checkpoints in the Special Surveillance Perimeter, coordinated by Customs, within the framework of the Regional Roundtable against... Read More
Drugs
News
Smuggling
More than 156 tonnes of drugs seized and dozens of criminal networks dismantled in a global operation co-led by Frontex
More than 156 tonnes of drugs were seized and over 490 people arrested in an international operation that dismantled... Read More
News
Smuggling
Cigarettes worth over 720,000 lei, hidden in a truck, were discovered by border police in Calafat, Romania
On September 11, 2026, a truck consisting of a tractor unit and semi-trailer, registered in Bulgaria, traveling on the... Read More
Cross Border Crime
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Smuggling
Wildlife Trafficking
US CBP agriculture specialists intercept rare Chief Goliath beetles being smuggled to Germany
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists seized three live Chief Goliath beetles on Aug. 19 in Philadelphia that... Read More
Drugs
News
Smuggling
More than 4.5 kilos of cocaine base and other illicit substances were detected during checks in Antofagasta, Chile
Officials from the Antofagasta Regional Customs Office also seized 347 cartons of cigarettes and more than 390 articles of... Read More
Cross Border Crime
News
Smuggling
Organized criminal group specialized in illegal cigarette trafficking, dismantled by border police in Romania
Romanian Border Police in cooperation with Europol, carried out a complex of investigative activities, which included the execution of... Read More