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Around 150 senior regional law enforcement decision-makers met in Nouméa for a seminar on combating maritime drug trafficking earlier this month.

A German man and woman, both in their 40s, have been charged with offences relating to people smuggling at Cork Ferry Port following an appearance before Cork District Court this afternoon.

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Dhanesh S. Nair had allegedly trained members of his drug network on how to conceal drugs inside banana bunches

<p>Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year rule</p><p>Hungarian authorities have detained a brother of Viktor Orbán as part of an investigation into people-smuggling, the prime minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/peter-magyar">Péter Magyar</a>, has said.</p><p>The Hungarian anti-graf

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 &mdash; Police are investigating whether there was internal involvement at KLIA after a Malaysian pi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 &mdash; The government has approved a phased security enhancement plan for Kuala Lumpur Internationa...

Saudi authorities have executed five Ethiopian nationals for smuggling hashish, bringing the total number of executions in the kingdom this year to 205. Read More: https://punchng.com/saudi-arabia-executes-five-ethiopians-for-smuggling-hashish/

A judge has granted a request from prosecutors to drop the criminal case against Kseniia Petrova, the Russian researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S.

The son of Zimbabwe's late former President Robert Mugabe will appear in court on 5 November with four other men.

A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against Kseniia Petrova, the Russian-born Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos ​into the United States.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 &mdash; Three boat operators were among 38 Indonesian nationals detained by the General Operations F...

Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, has argued that she was vindictively prosecuted after her arrest in 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 &mdash;&nbsp;The increasingly sophisticated methods used in drug smuggling require more advanced det...

&nbsp;KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 &mdash;&nbsp;Efforts to recover payments made for the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) and Mult...

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The Orodje of Okpe Kingdom in Delta State, Felix Mujakperuo, has pledged his kingdom’s support for the Nigeria Customs Service’s anti-smuggling drive. Read More: https://punchng.com/delta-monarch-backs-customs-anti-smuggling-drive/

There is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece. It's raising questions as to what connects people smugglers with powerful militias in eastern Libya and then in turn, Europeans.

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Nvidia says Huang would've only spoken about "ordinary business information" with a data center exec anyways.

AI continues to be big business, and the impetus behind big crime.

GUA MUSANG, Oct 29 &mdash; The General Operations Force (GOF) has seized a lorry carrying 25 metric tonnes of Super Impo...

Four Greater Toronto Area residents have been charged for their alleged roles in a tobacco smuggling ring following a joint investigation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). During the course of a complex investigation, a smuggling operation was uncovered which the CBSA says took advantage of Canada’s tr

North West businessman Suliman Carrim was granted bail for failing to continue testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. However, he remains behind bars on separate car-smuggling charges, in a case where two of his co-accused may plead guilty.

Daniela Rusescu (34) alleged to have helped two Albanian men enter the State on two different dates in October

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 28 &mdash; More stringent inspections are set to be implemented at the Kuala Lumpur International Airpo...

The three are suspected of conspiring to bring three Indian star tortoises and 13 crayfish into Japan at Osaka's Kansai International Airport.

Trump has sought to justify the attacks by saying they stem the flow of drugs into the U.S., but critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness.

Police at OR Tambo International Airport seized a R200m cocaine shipment hidden inside luggage arriving from Brazil. Meanwhile, Brazilian detectives are cracking down on an organised crime ring that uses commercial flights to traffic drugs into South Africa and around the world.

Daniela Rusescu (34), a Romanian national living in the UK, was remanded in custody

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 &mdash; A Chinese national was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport today after customs offi...

A grandmother has arrived back in Perth, after being jailed in Japan for attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.

The legal troubles of ANC-linked businessman Suliman Carrim have deepened, with allegations that he colluded with Absa employees in the attempted theft of two vehicles, and that fraudulent documentation was allegedly used to move the vehicles across South Africa’s borders.

SEPANG, Oct 21 &mdash; Trained sniffer dog units will begin patrolling passenger terminals and restricted baggage zones...