02.09.24 – A 3-Ton Cocaine Seizure in Venezuela Highlights Asia Trafficking Routes. The seizure of a three-ton cocaine shipment at Venezuela’s main airport highlights the role of airport infrastructure in international drug trafficking and exposes an unusual drug trafficking route. On August 24, the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized three tons of cocaine that was…
19.08.24 – Euro forger who produced EUR 11 million in fake bills arrested in Italy. On an action day conducted in Naples, Italy, on 14 August 2024, the Italian Carabinieri arrested a notorious money forger, dismantled his sophisticated counterfeiting print shop and seized nearly EUR 3 million in high-quality counterfeit banknotes. Collaborating closely with the…
13.08.24 – Criminals using border workers to get drugs into NZ ‘well on the rise.’ Organised crime groups are targeting border workers with access to systems and restricted areas to allow drug shipments to slip through the border, Customs New Zealand says. A new report made public under the Official Information Act shows the risk…
06.08.24 – ‘Your reign of terror must end’: Premier Alan Winde’s warning to organised crime syndicates after eight suspects killed. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed police action in swiftly foiling an alleged cash-in-transit heist that left eight suspects dead. The intelligence-driven operation took place on Monday in Town Two, Khayelitsha. The team comprising…
23.07.24 – ‘Ring and bring’ drug dealers given jail sentences. A gang who “flooded” three communities with heroin and crack cocaine have been given prison sentences of more than 14 years. Ringleader Josh Ashton and “workers” Logan Day, Billy Alexander and Adie Cliff ran a “ring and bring” drugs line supplying Conisbrough, Denaby and Mexborough,…
10.07.24 – MS-13 leader pleads guilty in case involving 8 murders, including deaths of 2 girls on Long Island. A leader of an MS-13 gang clique in New York pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering in a case involving eight murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls who were hacked and beaten as…
24.06.24 – Human trafficking action week: 219 criminals arrested and 1 374 victims identified. Between 3 and 9 June, 39 countries from across the globe participated in the EMPACT joint action days against trafficking in human beings. Led by Austria and co-led by Romania, Europol, Frontex and INTERPOL, the massive operation codenamed ‘GLOBAL CHAIN’ resulted…
17.06.24 – 6 arrested as 35 tonnes of cocaine seized at major European ports. Europol has supported the German Criminal Police (LKA Baden Wuttemberg) and German Customs (ZFA Stuttgart and ZOLL Karlsruhe) in dismantling a criminal organisation smuggling large quantities of cocaine in containers from South America to the EU via major ports, largely the…
11.06.24 – Sophisticated banknote print shop dismantled in Italy. On an action day conducted on 10 June 2024 in Lecce, the Italian Carabinieri arrested a money counterfeiter and dismantled a sophisticated counterfeiting print shop. The raid, which resulted in the seizure of over EUR 100 000 in counterfeit banknotes and over EUR 10 000 in…
16.05.24 – More than 100 arrested in suspected gang operation. More than 100 people have been arrested as part of a year-long operation targeting suspected organised criminal gangs. Cleveland Police carried out raids in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar and Cleveland in attempts to tackle those involved in drug dealing, exploitation and human trafficking. At…
