Border control officers in Hong Kong this week seized the second-largest shipment of illicit cigarettes to be discovered in the autonomous territory this year. The 2.6...
A British government minister has claimed that leaving the European Union will allow the UK to crack down puppy smuggling, which has become so lucrative it...
Researchers have developed a portable DNA test designed to help border control officers identify animal and plant species being trafficked through customs checks by wildlife smugglers....
Forty suspected people smugglers have been arrested in an Interpol-led operation targeting traffickers across Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, the international law enforcement agency said...
The US Treasury yesterday slapped sanctions on a number of individuals and four firms suspected of helping the Iran Revolutionary Guard’s Qods Force forge Yemeni bank...
Video footage published by CNN last week that appeared to show sub-Saharan migrants being sold at slave markets in Libya has sparked a global outcry, prompting...
The US government has sanctioned 13 Chinese and North Korean companies the Treasury Department claims contributed to the illicit funding of Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile...
British drug addicts who support their habit by selling substances such as cocaine, ecstasy or heroin will no longer face prosecution if they are caught by...
Police in the Australian state of Queensland have seized drugs estimated to be worth A$5 million ($3.78 million) that were thought to be destined for teenagers...
A major international crime gang involved in the trafficking of stolen vehicles from Spain to other European countries has been broken up by a coalition of...
Opium production in Afghanistan rose 87% this year to record levels, according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC)....
An operation coordinated by international police organisation Interpol aimed at strengthening border controls in West Africa has resulted in the rescue of nearly 40 victims of...