135 results for "Romania"
2020-10-27
Law enforcement authorities seized more than 350 stolen cars and more than 1000 stolen car parts this month in a two-week international operation led by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The operation was co-led by Poland, Greece, Germany and Europol and supported by INTERPOL, along with hundreds of border guards and police officers from 22 countries around Europe. Frontex set up a Coordination Centre at its headquarters in Warsaw, where officers from participating countries ...
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2019-05-21
Today, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency is launching its first fully - fledged joint operation outside the European Union, deploying 50 officers with 16 patrol cars and one thermo-vision van from 12 EU Member States to support Albania in border control and tackling cross-border crime. The launch event is taking place in Tirana, Albania, in the presence of Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, Albanian Minister of Interior Sandër Lleshaj, EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos ...
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2023-11-30
Frontex co-led operation South East Europe, which took place between 13 and 18 November 2023 at land and air borders in the Western Balkans, Southeast and Eastern Europe. Law enforcement authorities across Europe joined forces to target firearms trafficking, drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and high-risk criminal networks during coordinated Joint Action Days (JAD) South East Europe.In total, more than 22 000 officers from 26 countries across Europe, supported ...
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2024-06-07
Smuggled cars, counterfeit shoes and checks at the biggest border crossing point in Europe – read about the work of Frontex officers in May. Here are last month’s stories from the field! Smuggled cars in Bulgaria Same method, same border crossing point, uncovered during the same shift by the same EU border guards... Too many similarities? Well, that’s probably what the two drivers of different nationalities counted on while trying to scam the same rental car company. It didn’t work though. Our ...
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2025-12-10
Frontex and Europol coordinated Joint Action Days “Pirates 3”, an operation at the EU’s external borders targeting criminal networks smuggling people and goods. The operation ran from 6 to 17 October and led to the detection of 64 irregular border crossings, along with the seizure of more than 420,000 counterfeit items, 17.5 million cigarettes and 1.1 million euro in undeclared cash. Joint Action Days are large-scale, intelligence-led operations that bring together police, customs, border and ...
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2011-01-19
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2022-10-31
Criminal groups focus more on stripping stolen cars to transport parts Campers, boat engines targeted by thieves across Europe New “chophouses” found in operation JAD Mobile 5, cars and parts seized at borders Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, criminal gangs involved in car theft around Europe have focused on stripping stolen cars into parts to make it easier to move them across borders. And, amid growing interest among travellers seeking to avoid flying, campers have become a favourite target for ...
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2025-10-09
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, hosted a milestone event to mark ten years of the Copernicus Programme, Europe’s flagship Earth observation capability. More than 200 experts from EU institutions, Member States, agencies, academia, and industry discussed how Copernicus data improves day-to-day border management and what the next decade should deliver.In their own wordsOpening the event, Frontex Executive Director, Hans Leijtens, underscored Copernicus’ operational impact for ...
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2017-08-01
Files available for download FRAN Q1 2017 (4.2 MB) In the first quarter of 2017, the indicator of illegal border-crossings at the EU’s external borders continued to be at a significantly low level relative to the first quarter of 2016, after which the closure of the Western Balkan route and the EU-Turkey statement ended the unprecedented irregular migration flow into the EU and Schengen area. On the one hand, the number of detections decreased by 86% compared to one year ago. On the other hand, ...
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2024-12-05
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led 12 European countries and international partners in a coordinated effort to tackle the increasingly sophisticated criminal groups involved in the smuggling of goods across European borders. This two-week initiative under the name “Joint Action Day (JAD) Finestra 4” spotlighted the remarkable coordination and innovative strategies employed by law enforcement to outmanoeuvre criminal smuggling networks. These groups are proving to be highly ...
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