12/09 – Oil theft, an organised crime – PENGASSAN seeks police collaboration to end menace. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has described oil theft and pipelines vandalism in the country as organised crime. In a letter delivered to the Commission of Police, Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, through the Assistant…
05/09 – Asia: Sextortion ring dismantled by police. In June 2022, INTERPOL launched a public awareness campaign warning Internet users of a dramatic increase in digital extortion threats. […] A joint investigation supported by INTERPOL has so far linked the syndicate to 34 cases, with 12 arrests. 05/06 – Mexico’s Bold Move Against Gun Companies.…
30/08 – Tobacco products and cigarette manufacturing equipment seized in international action. An action day in Belgium has led to the seizure of over 57 million cigarettes and more than 48 tons of cut tobacco. Organised by Belgian Customs (Algemene Administratie van Douane en Accijnzen/Administration Générale des Douanes et Accises) and carried out based on…
22/08 – Spain’s Drug-Trafficking Queen Caught With 24 Pounds of Cocaine. A notorious drug trafficker, nicknamed the “Queen of Ronda,” has been busted in Spain with 24 lbs of cocaine. Spanish police said they also found nearly $23,000 hidden in Maria del Mar’s car after arresting the notorious trafficker during a drug deal. 22/08 –…
15/08 – FBI Announces Results of Nationwide Sex Trafficking Operation. The FBI, working with its state and local partners during two weeks in August, identified and located 84 minor victims of child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation offenses and located 37 actively missing children during a nationwide enforcement campaign, dubbed “Operation Cross Country.” The…
08/08 – U.S. slams China’s ‘unacceptable’ disruption in countering fentanyl. China’s move to suspend cooperation with the United States to combat narcotics trafficking, including illicit fentanyl, is “unacceptable,” the White House said on Monday, as Beijing continued to protest a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 12/08 – AFP seizes 208 kilograms…
01/08 – Inaugural Pacific regional conference talk transnational organised crime. The Inaugural Pacific Regional Law Enforcement Conference officially began today at the Hilton Resort on Denarau Island in Nadi. The three-day conference brought together representatives from the police, Customs and Immigration from across the Pacific, with academic partners. While opening the event, Acting Minister for…
26/07 – Production of fake pesticides on the rise in the EU. Operation Silver Axe VII, coordinated by Europol, took place between 25 January and 25 April 2022 and involved law enforcement authorities from 31 countries (25 EU Member States and six third party countries). The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European Anti-Fraud…
18/07 – Red-hot demand for ipê wood coincides with deforestation hubs in Brazil. The highest rates of illegal exploitation of ipê trees are found in areas of the Brazilian Amazon where deforestation is skyrocketing. Increasing domestic consumption and exports have encouraged the felling of these threatened tropical hardwood species, with demand outstripping the authorized supply…
14/07- 514 employers linked to labour infringements identified across the EU. An EU-wide coordinated action week targeting human trafficking for labour exploitation and related offences took place between 15 and 21 June 2022. The action days, supported by Europol, were led by the Netherlands and co-led by France, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom and…
