Man involved in smuggling people into the UK in the back of a van is convicted
A man involved in smuggling people into UK has today (29 August 2024) been found guilty of assisting unlawful immigration.
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Month: August 2024
Heritage goods, discovered at the border
At the Jimbolia Border Crossing Point, Timiș County, Romania, a 55-year-old German citizen, driving a car registered in Latvia, presented
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US CBP Officers Discover $5 Million Worth of Methamphetamine Disguised as Watermelons
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility seized more than $5 million worth of
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28 arrested and cocaine lab dismantled in hit against drug traffickers
Europol has supported the Spanish (Policía Nacional) and Colombian Police (Policía Nacional de Colombia) in taking down a cocaine-smuggling criminal
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US CBP officers seize over $260K in cocaine at the Anzalduas International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $263,500 worth of alleged
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Four High Value Targets leading migrant smuggling ring arrested in Bulgaria
On 19 August, Bulgarian law enforcement authorities arrested eight suspected members of a gang involved in smuggling migrants into Europe.
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US CBP Officers Seize Over 600 Pounds of Meth in Celery Shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility made a significant discovery on the evening
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EU external borders: Irregular border crossings fall nearly 40% this year
The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union in the first seven months of 2024 fell by 36%
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Employee of the Ministry of Interior of North Macedonia arrested in Kosovo* for euro counterfeiting
On 4 August, a 34-year-old forger who allegedly produced hundreds of thousands of EUR 2 coins over the last two
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Corrupt Spanish lawyer arrested for EUR 4.5 million fishery project bribe in Equatorial Guinea
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) have arrested a lawyer suspected of corrupting high-level officials close to the Equatorial Guinea
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Securing Nigeria’s Borders Against Drug and Human Trafficking: A Multifaceted Approach
By: George-Okoli, Francisco Chidi, Director of Programs, West Africa Action Networks on Small Arms -Nigeria In recent years, Nigeria has
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Eurojust supports large-scale anti-mafia operation leading to arrest and freezing of EUR 50 million
An investigation lasting over two years has uncovered an intricate money laundering scheme run by a mafia family from Palermo.
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2025 World Border Security Congress: Patrolling the Periphery
The 2025 World Border Security Congress will be hosted in Madrid, Spain on 25th-27th March 2025, cohosted by the Ministry
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Enhancing Africa’s Borders: Making a case for API-PNR on the Continent
By Renaud Irminger, CEO & co-founder, Travizory developers of the Travizory API-PNR Targeting System™ International travel inevitably opens countries to
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US Trusted Traveler program surpassed 20 million active members
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced its TSA PreCheck® Trusted Traveler program surpassed 20 million active members, setting a new
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Smiths Detection accelerates partnership with SeeTrue
Smiths Detection has announced a major step forward in aviation security technology. Working in partnership with SeeTrue, a provider of AI-based threat detection software, Smiths Detection has successfully integrated and tested
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Economic Velocity: The Tech Frontier of Border Operations
By Mathieu Guillebaud, Product Development Director, Leidos In today’s evolving global landscape, border management has never been more important, nor
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Human Presence Detection Systems
According to the recent Migration Outlook Report 2024 by the ICMPD: The world has entered a period of increasing volatility,
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