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Ecuador confiscates drugs destined for Bulgaria
Quito, Ecuador (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – Ecuadorian police have seizure of a tonne of cocaine hydrochloride at a port in the coastal province of...
Port Security Corps in the port of Antwerp sees success
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – The creation of the Port Security Corps in the port of Antwerp a year ago has increased security checks and...
Coalition publishes the Hamburg Declaration to fight illegal drugs
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – Yesterday, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser hosted a ministerial conference of the coalition...
Attempted smuggling of 209 kg of cannabis via Igoumenitsa port
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – An unidentified truck driver, who tried to smuggle 209 kg of cannabis via the northwestern Greek port of...
Cocaine seized in Hamburg port has tripled in the last five years
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – It has been reported that the amount of cocaine seized in the port of Hamburg has tripled in the last five...
Guardia Civil seizes 2,345 kilos of hashish off Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Spain’s Guardia Civil has seized 2,345 kilos of hashish after intercepting an...
Berlin hosts anti-drugs event with Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam
Berin, (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Last week, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser hosted a meeting in Berlin with Dr Peter Tschentscher,...
25 tons of hashish seized in the port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – The Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, has seized...
Port of Ravenna, 150kg cocaine seized from ship
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Around 150 kilos of cocaine were seized by the police on a ship waiting in the port of Ravenna. The...
“Adriacustoms” initiative presented in Rome
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 — Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has hosted the presentation of the Adriacustoms project. This...
Danish Shipping priorities for the new European Parliament
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – In June, Europeans will elect the parliamentrians who will sit in the European Parliament for...
WSC asks EU for help for sustainable and secure maritime sector
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – The World Shipping Council (WSC) is calling on the EU to design policy frameworks that facilitate...
Drug trafficking via Italian ports: Global Crime Journal
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – An article Unpacking drug trafficking phenomenon through seaports: lessons from the Italian ports...
Conference: Drug related organised crime - an EU judicial challenge
La Hulpe, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – Drug-related organised crime goes beyond national borders and requires a cross-border, collaborative...
Key port sector issues discussed at TT Club seminar
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) reported on the key port sector trends and...
Third drug seizure in a month in Belgium’s North Sea Port
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Drugs were again found in Belgium’s North Sea Port Ghent during the inspection of a coal ship on April 13....
Six tonnes of cocaine seized near Antwerp port
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Cocaine weighing 5,922 kg was seized on April 10 during a raid by special units on a warehouse on an...
Slovenia seizes over 15,000 tonnes of undeclared cigarettes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Slovenian customs officials seized more than 15,000 tonnes of undeclared cigarettes at Koper port in...