Tag: smuggling
Belgium and Panama will exchange more information in the fight against drug smuggling | Drug war in Antwerp
About 22 percent of all cargo ships worldwide sail under the Panamanian flag, making Panama the largest flag state in the world. Many cargo ships departing from source countries for…
Germany wants to focus on legal migration to put a stop to people smuggling
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser believes the shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast, which killed dozens of migrants last weekend, demonstrates the need for more legal options for immigration. She said…
OM: Dozens to hundreds of Eritreans in the Netherlands are victims of violent human smuggling
Dozens to hundreds of Eritreans living in the Netherlands are victims of people smugglers who torture and extort refugees. The Public Prosecution Service confirms this after reporting by News hour.…
Milder sentence for leader of Vietnamese human smuggling gang
Milder sentence for leader of Vietnamese human smuggling gang More than three years ago, 39 migrants died during a transport from Zeebrugge to England. They suffocated in a refrigerator truck.…
The Netherlands and Belgium sign a pact with shipping companies against drug smuggling | News item
News item | 17-02-2023 | 19:00 The Netherlands, Belgium and five major international shipping companies are joining forces in the fight against organized crime in the seaports of Rotterdam and…
Bond fears checks now that selection based on skin color is not allowed: ‘Preventing human smuggling is becoming more difficult’ | Interior
It is becoming more difficult for the Marechaussee to prevent human smuggling now that it is no longer allowed to look at skin color during checks. Or should we simply…
More cooperation between Dutch and Belgian customs in tackling drug smuggling | News item
News item | 10-01-2023 | 12:09 In 2023, Dutch and Belgian customs will cooperate even more intensively in the fight against criminal drug smuggling in the ports of Rotterdam and…
Lawsuit against rescue worker Pieter Wittenberg from Peest will be continued. Greek prosecutor suspects him of human smuggling
Pieter Wittenberg: ,,This is a man-made disaster.” Photo: Marcel Jurian de Jong On January 10 next year, the trial against Wittenberg and the other volunteers will resume in the capital…
Federal police uncovers large-scale smuggling of 19 people
A police patrol car (symbolic photo) Photo: picture alliance / photo booth From BZ/dpa The federal police picked up 19 refugees after a tip from citizens near Forst (Spree-Neisse). The…
Almost 30 million euros against drug smuggling via mainports
Dutch main ports must be made as unattractive as possible for international drug smuggling. Our major logistics hubs – the ports of Rotterdam, Zeeland, West Brabant and the North Sea…