Asia’s massive appetite for Africa’s wildlife has sustained a profitable international smuggling business, despite lockdowns.
Measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda – such as restrictions on movement – apparently have not
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Smuggling
Smuggling of Goods – pharmaceuticals, booze/alcohol and tobacco
Cigarette disguised with trout fillets
During an inspection of a Turkish truck, Hungarian officials found 3,000 boxes of cigarettes in Röszke. Financial guards inspected a
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Smuggling chain worth three million lei dismantled in Moldova
The investigation officers from the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, in coordination with the Territorial Prosecutor’s Office Ștefan Vodă,
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192 kilograms of tobacco seized by Bosnia and Herzegovina Border Police
Members of Border Police Unit Dobrljin seized 192 kilograms of cut tobacco without excise stamps. Namely, the illegal trade in
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Border guards remove more than 20,000 smuggled cigarettes
Border guards in Krāslava region took out more than 20 thousand smuggled cigarettes. Border guards of the Daugavpils Department of
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TSA firearm catch rate doubles in 2020 – highest in the agency’s 19-year history
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected twice as many firearms per million passengers screened at airport security checkpoints nationwide in
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Ukrainian Border Guards Seize Cigarettes in Minibus, truck, and Train
The hidden cigarettes were found by border guards of Lviv, Chop and Lutsk border guard detachments. Thus, at the Krakivets
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BOC NAIA Intercepts 28 Live Venomous Scorpions and Tarantulas Declared as “Teaching Equipment“
Philippines Bureau of Customs Port of NAIA intercepted a package containing a total of 20 endangered tarantula spiders and 8
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216 parrots rescued from the trunk of a car
In the intense heat of Santiago, members of the “Pinto” Road Safety Section, dependent on the 59th Squadron of the
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CBP JFK Seized Swine Meat & Bird’s Nest
US Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport seized more than 20 lbs. of swine
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US Border Patrol Arrests Armed Smugglers
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested armed smugglers attempting to smuggle two illegal aliens on Monday afternoon. The incident
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5 Tons of Cigarettes Seized Smuggled fro Eastern Europe
The Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Naples, has executed, between the provinces of Naples, Caserta, Florence and
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Attempted smuggling of over 4 tons of tangerines
Tajik border guards of the Leilek border detachment stopped the smuggled cargo whilst on duty near the Khujand-Kanibadam highway. Border
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Two charged after consignment containing more than $3.5 million worth of ephedrine seized
Detectives have charged two men as part of ongoing joint investigations into the alleged importation of more than $3.5 million
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