Smuggling
Driver Charged As Death Toll Climbs Among Texas Truck Migrants
US authorities on Monday charged the driver of the overheated truck found in Texas packed with migrants with one count...
Texas Truck Deaths Show Smugglers’ ‘brutality’
The head of US homeland security says the deaths of nine people inside an overheated truck packed with migrants in...
EU Curbs Rubber Dinghy Sales To Libya To Stop Migrants
The European Union on Monday adopted limits on the export of inflatable boats to Libya in a bid to make it harder for...
E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...
Desperate Rohingya Seek New Escape Routes From Bangladesh
In squalid camps in Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence and persecution in...
Immigration Service Commended For Human Traffickers’ Arrest
The Ghana Association of Private Employment Agencies (GHAPEA), has applauded the Ghana Immigration Service for its...
Nigerian Busted For Human Trafficking
A 35-year old Nigerian, Utham Nasir Ismail, has been arrested by Immigration Officers at the Aflao Border Post for...
Crackdown Takes Toll On Niger Smuggling Hub
With tens of thousands of migrants flooding into the desert city of Agadez en route to Europe, Africa's smuggling...
44 Girls and Their Traffickers Arrested At Aflao Boarder
The girls and their traffickers were arrested last Sunday upon a tip off Ghana Immigration Service has arrested victims...
Migrant Influx Shifting But No Let-Up
The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but...
Sudan Boosts Border Patrols To Curb People Smuggling
It was Efrem Desta's yearning for freedom that made him flee his home country of Eritrea and enter Sudan illegally,...
To Europe, Whatever the Risk
Uche's real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after...
Government Moves To Check Smuggling With Tracking Devices On Fuel Tankers
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has revealed plans by his outfit to install tracking devices on fuel tankers...
Fertiliser Smuggling Threatens ‘Food & Jobs’ Program – Minister
A Minister of State at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Nurah Gyiele, has urged residents to help guard against...
Bangladesh Seizes Half-Tonne of Gold From Top Jeweller
Bangladeshi authorities have confiscated half a tonne of gold from a top jeweller, officials said Sunday, amid a...
Bangladesh Customs Hit Gold Bonanza In Unlikely Places
Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising...
The Slavery and Killing of Vulnerable African Ladies In the Arab World Must Stop
The slavery and killing of vulnerable African ladies in the Arab world must stop Authorities must act swiftly to save...
Japanese Man Held For Wildlife Smuggling In Indonesia
A Japanese man has been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of reptiles out of the...
We’ll Empower Customs To Check Dumping – Deputy Trade Minister
A Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has indicated that the government is working to...