Smuggling
Helsingborg port to receive Sweden's first fixed cargo scanner
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Swedish Customs announces that Helsingborg port will be the first in Sweden to install a fixed cargo scanner to combat drug and weapon smuggling. The scanner will X-ray entire containers and bolster checks at the country's second-largest container port. The decision follows a record cocaine seizure earlier this year.
Fernando ‘N’, nephew of former navy secretary Rafael Ojeda, fled Mexico with a false identity and reached Argentina after traveling through Guatemala and Colombia, according to press reports.
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Brazil's Federal Police has opened an inquiry into suspected smuggling on a private flight carrying Chamber President Hugo Motta, Senator Ciro Nogueira, and other lawmakers from the Caribbean to São Paulo in April 2025. The PF report notes luggage bypassed x-ray screening, and the case was sent to the Supreme Federal Court and the Attorney General's Office. Motta and the plane's owner deny any wrongdoing.
On Wednesday, United States authorities charged Chinese nationals and companies in two separate cases with offenses including conspiring to smuggle advanced AI chips to China and drug trafficking with money laundering. One case involves smuggling American-made AI chips via Thailand, the other an alleged fentanyl supply chain.
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Fana Media Corporation S.C published a report on an Ethiopian clothes smuggler on March 20, 2026.
Hong Kong customs has intercepted more than 83,000 counterfeit items worth about HK$36 million (US$4.62 million) in a recent crackdown. Authorities warn that criminals are using the heightened holiday season demand as a 'smokescreen' to move illicit goods to Europe and the Americas. The operation uncovered 28 cases involving a diverse range of fake luxury products aimed at high-spending markets worldwide.
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The Border Management Authority (BMA) has added guards and armoured vehicles to patrol the border along the Limpopo River between South Africa and Zimbabwe. This comes amid continued smuggling across the border. The vehicles, donated by the private sector, are suitable for all-terrain use and can even drive in water.
Gorontalo police foil 1.9-ton cyanide smuggling from Philippines
April 21, 2026 22:02Border control deployment stops over 30 smuggling trucks in Tarapacá
April 17, 2026 03:14Suspected illicit cigarette smuggler arrested outside Musina
April 13, 2026 04:58Court extends detention of two Bolivians for smuggling attempt in Colchane
April 13, 2026 03:51Andes University study warns of smuggling surge from higher cigarette tax
March 18, 2026 11:07Female suspect caught smuggling cocaine at Bole airport under investigation
March 03, 2026 19:44Customs chief explains why cross-border fuel smuggling persists
February 20, 2026 04:19Remulla: Illegal cigarette smugglers have government backers
February 17, 2026 04:36Hong Kong customs arrests four over HK$140 million in smuggled medicines
February 01, 2026 13:01Subsidized fuel from Sabah ends up in Philippine black market