Tony Kingham

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry intercepted 57.9 lbs. of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $521,100 concealed inside a black sport utility vehicle on June 18.

Authorities from seven countries, supported by Europol, have carried out a major operation against child sexual exploitation, leading to the arrest of 28 individuals. As a result, three children have been safeguarded.

Interagency work made it possible to detect the cargo in the Ports of Arica, Valparaíso and San Antonio, with the support of detection dogs and technologies.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Field Office ports of entry seized cocaine valued at more than $1.1 million in one day.

A Romanian and Moldovan national was arrested in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 30 June 2026 on suspicion of attempting to establish a foreign right-wing extremist terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, the suspect allegedly sought to establish a terrorist group as early as 2023 with the aim of carrying out a “war of terror” in Romania and overthrowing the Romanian state.

An investigation coordinated under a Europol taskforce led to the dismantlement of a migrant smuggling network active across the Balkan route. The Serbian authorities arrested several suspects, including two police officers in an investigation involving Bulgarian law enforcement. The criminal network allegedly smuggled a large number of migrants between January and July 2026 alone, transporting them via Bulgaria, through Serbia and towards Western European countries.

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, today announced that the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) has certified iCMORE Automatic Prohibited Items Detection System (APIDS) algorithm with the use of OneTray and Cassioli trays in combination with the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX and HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX Model S screening systems for all Italian airports. The certification follows an independent technical evaluation by ENAC and confirms that both tray types deliver automatic detection performance equivalent to Smiths Detection's SD3 reference tray, which recently received ECAC APIDS 1 approval.

The latest EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) reveals how online ecosystems are reshaping terrorism. Traditional ideology-driven terrorism dominates the landscape, with jihadism being the most widespread form. However, for a significant number of perpetrators, violence has become a means of gaining identity, recognition, and belonging. This development has created a more fragmented, complex and less predictable threat across Europe.

Frontex has flown its largest drones yet from a ship at sea. In a pilot project with the Italian Coast Guard that ran from May to July 2026, two drones that take off and land vertically operated day and night from a patrol vessel in the central Mediterranean, giving the crew a live picture of what was happening far beyond what they could see from the deck. It was the first time that drones of this class, in the 50 to 100 kilogram range, and two of them operating together, have flown as a fully integrated part of a vessel in a Frontex pilot project.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Gateway to the Americas Bridge recently intercepted two live parrots hidden within a small container during a wildlife smuggling attempt.