Criminals are infiltrating Africa’s booming mobile money industry
The fast growing sector has been linked to human trafficking, money laundering and the global drug trade, among other crimes.
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Cross Border Crime
Cross-border crime is understood as ‘any serious crime with a cross-border dimension committed at or along, or which is related to, the external borders’.
Counterfeit Currencies Worth Millions Prevented from Entering EU Economy
In June 2020, Europol supported two separate operations, which led to the dismantling of two illegal print shops for currency
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International VAT-fraud with sale of sugar and cooking oil in Hungary unravelled
In an operation in Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol, Hungarian
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US CBP Detains Chinese Shipment of Suspected Forced Labour Products Made with Human Hair
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of New York/Newark detained a shipment of products/accessories suspected to
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CBP San Juan Field Operations confiscate 260 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a trailer on board the ferry
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations seized on Friday 573 pounds (260 kilos) of cocaine inside a
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CTED publishes paper about COVID-19 and counter-terrorism
The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) published a new paper about “The impact of the COVID-19
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UNODC World Drug Report 2020: Global drug use rising; while COVID-19 has far reaching impact on global drug markets
Around 269 million people used drugs worldwide in 2018, which is 30 per cent more than in 2009, while over
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On global anti-drug trafficking day INTERPOL and WCO highlight the pandemic’s multiplying effect on illicit activities
INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have reaffirmed their commitment to aligning police and customs efforts in the fight
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New Report on Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illegal wildlife trade is a major transnational organised crime, which generates billions of criminal proceeds each year. The Financial
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The US’s TSA Administrator David Pekoske presented his new objectives intended to guide the agency and its workforce over the next two years on managing new global security risks to safeguard all modes of transportation.
The “Administrator’s Intent 2.0,” addresses tangible security threats across seven broad categories: insider risk, surface transportation, checkpoint strategies, workforce support,
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