Month: January 2021

Tajik border guards of the Leilek border detachment stopped the smuggled cargo whilst on duty near the Khujand-Kanibadam highway. Border

Post-Brexit arrangement – Border control at Portuguese airports without constraints

Within the first three days of 2021, after the end of Brexit transitional period on December 31st, 1737 domestic passengers

Smuggling

Seized Products Violating IPR Laws Reach New Statistical Highs in Puerto Rico and USVI

With the holiday season ending, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

News

Lithuanian Border Guards and the Ministry of Environment have signed a cooperation agreement under which they will exchange information

6th January 2021 Tony Kingham

Border guards and environmentalists have signed a cooperation agreement under which they will exchange information, carry out joint operations and

Human Trafficking

Dismantled in Seville a criminal organisation dedicated to Human Trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation

6th January 2021 Tony Kingham

The Spanish National Police and the Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the Romanian Police, have dismantled a criminal

Technology

Poland’s Chopin Airport launch of another ten gates for automatic border checks (ABC)

6th January 2021 Tony Kingham

Thus, the process of automating border checks in the current airport infrastructure has been completed. In addition, the Warsaw-Okęcie Border

Smuggling

OSCE Support Ukraine Border Guards Training in Combatting Illegal Movement of Weapon and Munitions

An online training for representatives of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on combating the illegal movement of weapons,

Drugs Smuggling

CBP Field Operations Detects Nearly $3 Million in Hard Narcotics, Seizes Over $188K in Unreported Currency

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a 44-year-old woman from

Smuggling

Hundreds of Mobile Phones Seized by Turkish Customs Enforcement Teams

In the operation carried out by the Turkish Customs Enforcement Teams of the Ministry of Commerce at the Habur Customs

Terrorism

CTED publishes updated paper about COVID-19 and counter-terrorism

The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published an update to its paper, “The impact of the

Bosnia and Herzegovina: EU allocates additional €3.5 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants

The European Commission has announced today an additional €3.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable refugees and migrants in

Drugs

Dismantled a criminal organization with the arrest of seven people in an operation against drug trafficking

Agents of the Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with the Civil Guard and the Tax Agency, have dismantled

Technology

Poland Installs New Seismic Sensors and Camera’s at the Border

Electronic protection of the external border has been enhanced with further perimeter sets. The perimeter sets purchased by the Border

News Technology

TSA closes 2020 with dramatic changes in checkpoint operations – commits to ongoing innovation in 2021

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported the final daily figure of estimated travel volume for calendar year 2020, closing

Organised Crime

SEF detects 26 passengers with false documents between Christmas Day and the New Year’s Eve

The Immigration and Borders Service (SEF), Portugal, has detected, at Lisboa International Airport, between 25 December 2020 and 01 January

DHS Releases Detailed Immigration Data

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Fiscal Year 2020 Enforcement Lifecycle Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of