Category: Smuggling
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Smuggling
Five-country operation targets cigarette smuggling network operating from the UK
A large organised crime group suspected of smuggling counterfeit cigarettes into Europe has been targeted in a coordinated operation... Read More
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Smuggling
Five-country operation targets cigarette smuggling network operating from the UK
A large organised crime group suspected of smuggling counterfeit cigarettes into Europe has been targeted in a coordinated operation... Read More
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Smuggling
Weapons
Over 100 pistols, magazines and 60,000 cigarettes discovered in Romania
The action took place on March 13 on a road vehicle registered in Turkey, driven by a 38-year-old Turkish... Read More
Drugs
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Smuggling
Portugese Operation “Survivor”: Fishing vessel seized with 1.8 tons of cocaine
The Portuguese authorities have seized approximately 1.8 tonnes of cocaine following a maritime interception operation targeting an organised criminal... Read More
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Smuggling
€374,000 in undeclared cash found concealed in jacket at –Serbia-Bulgaria border
Officers from the Serbian Border Police, Serbian Customs and Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, have intercepted... Read More
Cross Border Crime
Drugs
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Organised Crime
Smuggling
Weapons
Caribbean Customs operation seizes rising number of illegal firearms, disrupting organized criminal networks
Operation CALYPSO 2 was led by the WCO for the second consecutive year in response to the growing threat... Read More
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One to watch
Smuggling
Polish Border Guards Foil Innovative Smuggling Operation Using Weather Balloons
Officers from the Nadbużański Border Guard Unit successfully thwarted a smuggling operation involving illegal tobacco products transported via weather... Read More
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Smuggling
Smugglers using weather balloons arrested
During Border Guard operations to identify individuals involved in cigarette smuggling using weather balloons, a total of four Polish... Read More
Customs and Trade
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Smuggling
Cigarettes and heated tobacco products detained by customs officers in the Silistra region
Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo BCP discovered 190 000 (9500 boxes) of smuggled cigarettes in a truck carrying metal... Read More