- 300 kgs of cocaine valued at £40 million hidden in a shipment of bananas originating from Colombia was seized in Portsmouth, UK, following joint efforts by Border Force, Irish Police and the NCA.
- 25 kgs of cocaine valued at £750, 000 was seized and ten people were arrested in Swansea, UK.
- Cocaine valued at £100,000 was seized and two men were arrested in the greater Belfast area by the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PNSI).
- 215 kgs of cocaine valued at £8 million were seized in the Caribbean following a high speed pursuit by Royal Marine snipers and crew on board Navy warship, HMS Argyll.
- Drugs projected at $AUD1.5billion have been seized and six men were arrested by members of the Joint Organised Crime Group (JOCG) in Australia.
- 1,000 people have been arrested in the UK, following a paedophile swoop by members of the National Crime Agency (NCA).
- Two million suspected illegal cigarettes, originating from Poland, have been seized as six men were arrested following a raid by HMRC officers in Stanmore, UK, disrupting a major smuggling ring.
- Two men have been convicted following investigations into the use of James Bond styled underwater scooters to smuggle cocaine valued a £16 million into the UK.
- Australia is investigating the role of bitcoin, a virtual currency, in organised crime as online transaction with the currency increases.
- According to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency, Czechs supposedly perceive organised crime and terrorism as the greatest threat to the country.
- A research by the Home Office has revealed there are between 10,000-13,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK.
- 22 premises have been raided by Gardai in co-operation with Europol following operations targeting organised prostitution in the Dublin area of the Republic of Ireland.
- A new Europol threat assessment is expected to focus efforts on tackling the rise of gang crimes in the EU.
- FARC is allegedly working in connection with al-Qaeda to traffic cocaine into Europe.
- China’s growing middle class is reportedly fueling poaching in Myanmar, Burma as endangered animals are being sold off for different purposes.
- Colombia has proposed that drug trafficking is classified as a ‘political crime’.
