Category: Smuggling
Cross Border Crime
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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
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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
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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
Counterfeit Goods
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Smuggling
Smorgasbord of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $3 million intercepted by US CBP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Indianapolis’ express consignment facility seized a shipment containing 875 pieces of jewelry.... Read More
Counterfeit Goods
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Smuggling
BLITZ actions: goods worth over 1,200,000 lei, discovered by border police
Between August 14-16 this year, border police officers from the Romanian Border Police stopped for control, on DN 5,... Read More
Cross Border Crime
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Smuggling
13 tons of “laughing gas” seized in southern Tenerife
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization in southern Tenerife dedicated to the illegal import, storage, and... Read More
Counterfeit Goods
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Smuggling
Shipment of counterfeit watches stopped by Indianapolis US CBP
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Indianapolis’ express consignment facility intercepted a shipment containing 96 counterfeit watches on... Read More
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Bulgarian Customs officers seized over 200,000 cigarettes
Customs inspectors of the Ruse Customs Territorial Directorate seized more than 200,000 cigarettes during an inspection of a lorry... Read More
Drugs
Human Trafficking
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Weapons
78 arrests in bust of major Western Mediterranean smuggling network in Spain
The criminal network operated like a logistics company managing two-way maritime smuggling of drugs, weapons and migrants between Europe... Read More