09/11/2020 – The Spanish National Police in a joint operation with Europol dismantled a criminal organisation based in Barcelona involved in human trafficking in several European countries.
09/11/2020 – The Guatemalan authorities located a crashed plane containing 1028 kilograms of cocaine in a coastal area on the border with Mexico. In the accident, one person died and two were arrested.
10/11/2020 – French police dismantled a people-smuggling gang believed to have brought between 500 and 1,000 migrants into Britain over the past 12 months.
11/11/2020 – In a joint operation the Federal Police of the city of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos seized more than five tons of marijuana and arrested four people.
11/11/2020 – Coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), Operation Thunder 2020 resulted in large seizures of protected wildlife as well as forestry specimens and products, triggering several arrests and investigations worldwide.
11/11/2020 – The American NGO Environmental Investigation Agency and the Cameroonian Centre pour l’environnement et le développement (CED) have published a report in which they describe a vast network of illegal timber trafficking.
11/11/2020 – Government measures in Kenya imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus have disrupted the drugs trade.
12/11/2020 – The Spanish Guardia Civil, supported by Europol dismantled a criminal organisation involved in wildlife trafficking, document fraud, smuggling and money laundering.
12/11/2020 – The French frigate Floréal seized 1.6 tonnes of hashish in the North Indian Ocean.
12/11/2020 – The European Union is considering granting law enforcement and judiciary access to encrypted messages.
14/11/2020 – the SEACOP project in cooperation with The Institut de Sécurité Maritime Interrégional (ISMI) is delivering a one-week training on vessel profiling and rummaging in Dakar, Senegal, to 15 Senegalese Officers.
