Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led an international operation against serious and organized cross-border crime in Central and South Eastern Europe, which commenced June 28 and concluded July 8. Keep Reading
The same routes used to smuggle wildlife across countries and continents are often used to traffic weapons, drugs and people. Environmental crime now occurs on an industrial, transnational scale and threatens national and regional security. Keep Reading
The Spanish National Police disrupted a criminal organization Tuesday that was financing al-Qaeda terrorist militias through tax fraud and money laundering. Keep Reading
The Organized Crime Group was composed mainly of Romanian truck drivers, intermediaries and leaders. Smuggled migrants were mostly from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Palestine. The migrants were transferred to transit sites in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Keep Reading
A new crime threat assessment reveals that most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly professionalized organized crime networks, which can reap large profits while running relatively few risks. Keep Reading
The organized crime group acquired an estimated €680 million as a result of their criminal activities for the period 2017-2019 alone. Keep Reading
Countries, organizations and institutions driving the fight against the growing scourge of terrorism need to share more information, and focus more on “financial intelligence”, said the deputy head of the UN Security Council’s counter-terrorism directorate. Keep Reading
The fifth annual Towards a More Safe and Secure World leadership program will see international participants from 56 countries meet with their counterparts in 16 U.S. cities to increase efforts to combat transnational crime and counter terrorism. Keep Reading
Two-thirds of countries are not effectively prosecuting terrorist financing, which extends well beyond the banking and financing sectors, to include construction, drug trafficking and even the used car trade. Keep Reading
Authorities in Mexico published Purple Notices warning of two methods for smuggling firearms and ammunition across the US-Mexico border. The first consisted of placing bullets in the hidden compartment of car seats, the second involved dismantling firearms in order to ship them via express courier services. Keep Reading
