08/03 – Ukraine border guards prevented two attempts to <a href=”https://border-security-report.com/ukraine-border-guards-prevent-groups-smuggling-cigarettes-to-romania/”>smuggle cigarettes into Romania</a>.
08/03 – The Brazilian criminal group <a href=”https://insightcrime.org/news/how-brazils-borders-became-more-diverse-dangerous/”>Primeiro Comando da Capital</a> has expanded exponentially, both inside Brazil and in Paraguay, over the last two years.
09/03 – Danish police arrested 13 individuals for their alleged role in <a href=”https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/seizure-of-%E2%82%AC14-million-worth-of-contraband-cigarette-leads-to-13-arrests-in-danish-dutch-sting”>smuggling counterfeit cigarettes</a>, which were produced in a clandestine factory and destined for the United Kingdom.
09/03 –Mexicans will elect their deputies, governors and mayors on 6 June. The election campaign has already turned deadly—in just over six months, <a href=”https://fr.euronews.com/2021/03/09/elections-au-mexique-66-candidats-executes-en-6-mois-les-gangs-votent-par-le-sang”>66 candidates have been murdered</a>.
10/03 – Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, block the use of <a href=”https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/new-major-interventions-to-block-encrypted-communications-of-criminal-networks”>encrypted communications by organised crime groups</a>.
10/03 – Violence in the <a href=”https://insightcrime.org/news/cartel-violence-central-mexico-taking-hold-jerez/”>Mexican town of Jerez</a> has surged in 2021, as criminal groups fight for control of key drug transit and production zones.
11/03 – The <a href=”https://zetatijuana.com/2021/03/tijuana-es-la-puerta-de-entrada-a-eu-del-cjng-dea/”>Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels</a> are the two largest criminal organisations with the greatest illicit involvement in the United States, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) security report.
12/03 – Spanish Police discovered a <a href=”https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/sevilla/20210312/6374118/incautado-primer-narcosubmarino-fabricado-europa-capaz-transportar-2-toneladas-droga.html”>low-profile boat</a> in the area of Malaga, which was probably used for trafficking between North Africa and the Iberian coast.
12/03 – Thai Customs, UNODC, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Wildlife Asia organised a two-day workshop to improve capacity and systems in <a href=”https://www.traffic.org/news/thai-maritime-stakeholders-join-forces-in-tackling-the-illegal-wildlife-trade/”>combating wildlife crime</a> through containerized shipping.
14/03 – Two DEA agents who infiltrated a drug trafficking network in Chicago (USA) dismantled a cell allegedly running the <a href=”https://www.lapatilla.com/2021/03/14/la-dea-se-infiltro-en-el-cartel-de-sinaloa-desarticulo-una-celula-y-golpeo-las-finanzas-del-mayo/”>Sinaloa cartel</a>.
14/03 – Spanish police arrested 12 suspected as part of an operation dismantling <a href=”https://www.euronews.com/2021/03/14/spain-police-dismantle-madrid-s-largest-cocaine-distribution-network”>Madrid’s largest cocaine distribution network</a>.
