In 2017, drug crime has increased for the seventh year in a row. From the large individual amounts of illegal drugs seized we can conclude that supply and demand remain as high as...
The effect of declaring a substance controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended), either in the Schedule to the Act or by Government Order, is to make it an offence...
The Dutch government differentiates between ‘hard drugs ’ and ‘soft drugs’ in its approach of drug -related crime. For the objectives of the government concerning the undermining...
The objective of the crime strategy is the professionalisation of organised criminal groups, increasingly complex modus operandi and the almost systematic use of new technologies...
In its jurisdiction, the National Gendarmerie aims at addressing the legal aspects of the apprehension of smugglers by means of regional adapted operational measures. The term...
Our objectives are to lastingly combat illegal migrant smuggling and associated offences; to prevent people from entering Germany illegally; and to prevent people from staying in...
To prevent/disrupt and detect persons who organise or knowingly facilitate the entry into the State of a person whom he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be an...
A multidisciplinary barriermodel in combating migrant smuggling has been developed in 2014. All different aspects relating to migrant smuggling are addressed in this barrier model...
In Germany, the federal states’ police forces and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) are responsible for combating drug-related crime in terms of persistent and effective law...