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Revenue seizes smuggled beer and wine worth nearly €400,000

Almost 65,000 litres of smuggled wine and beer were seized by Revenue in the past week which is estimated to be worth €390,000. Over the course of last weekend, as a result of routine operations at Rosslare Europort, Revenue seized approximately 48,...

07 Oct 2022 at 23:33

Pair arrested in operation targeting suspected people-smuggling gang

A man and a woman have been arrested in Northern Ireland in an operation targeting a suspected people-smuggling gang. A 40-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were arrested as around 50 officers from the Government’s Immigration Enforcement team ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:14

People-smuggler jailed for nearly four years over tragic plot

A people-smuggler who fled the UK after 39 Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the back of a lorry has been jailed for nearly four years. Dragos Stefan Damian, 28, was extradited from Italy to face a UK court following the investigation into ...

21 Mar 2022 at 17:55

DNA testing of elephant ivory reveals tactics of criminal networks

Scientists have used DNA testing of ivory to uncover the international criminal networks behind the trafficking of the product out of Africa. Experts say the genetic connections they found indicate a higher degree of organisation among ...

14 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Fifth man jailed over bid to smuggle 69 migrants into UK on boat

A fifth member of a gang that tried to smuggle 69 people into the UK on a converted fishing boat has been jailed, after his sentencing was delayed as he isolated with Covid-19 symptoms. Latvian national Aleksandrs Gulpe, 44, was ...

21 Jan 2022 at 15:55

National Crime Agency probing 60 cases of suspected people-smuggling

Around 60 investigations into suspects using small boats to smuggle thousands of people into the UK are currently being carried out by the National Crime Agency (NCA), bosses have said. Branch commander Matt Rivers said the ...

01 Sept 2022 at 10:55

Revenue seize smuggled beer and wine worth nearly €400,000

National News

Revenue seize smuggled beer and wine at port valued at nearly €400,000

07 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Border

Revenue seize smuggled beer and wine worth nearly €400,000 in the South-East

07 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Albanian people-smuggling gang ‘dismantled’ after arrests

An Albanian people-smuggling gang that transported migrants to the UK via Spain has been “dismantled” after a series of arrests, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The organised crime network smuggled mainly ...

08 Oct 2022 at 11:28

Suspected Channel crossings people smuggler arrested in police raid

A man suspected of smuggling migrants across the Channel has been arrested. The 30-year-old Albanian was detained by officers in a dawn raid on Friday in Tolworth Rise in Surbiton, south-west London, the ...

07 Oct 2022 at 11:14

World

California man pleads guilty to smuggling 1,700 animals

A California man who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the United States, including 60 reptiles hidden in his clothing, has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Jose Manuel Perez, 30, of Oxnard, ...

25 Aug 2022 at 09:08

National News

Man pleads guilty to smuggling 1,700 animals

25 Aug 2022 at 23:33

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