Law Enforcement

  • $78 Million in Drugs

    USS Rentz and its embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment have transferred $78 Million in confiscated cocaine to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Forward in the Western Caribbean 4th Fleet […]

  • North Korea Ship ‘Broke Arms Embargo’

    Panama says undeclared weapons cargo found on a North Korean ship is an “undoubted violation” of UN embargo on Pyongyang North Korea ship to Cuba ‘broke arms embargo Panama says […]

  • HMS Lancaster makes £100m cocaine haul

    Personnel on the Portsmouth-based HMS Lancaster intercepted smugglers during a Caribbean patrol targeting South America-to-UK traffickers. Royal Navy sailors have seized a cocaine stash worth £100m. HMS Lancaster makes £100m cocaine […]

  • UN probes North Korea arms shipment

    UN experts will prepare a report for the UN Security Council, which must decide whether the shipment violates a ban on arms transfers to North Korea. Panama: UN probes North […]

  • iFSO Conference

    Homeland Security Outlook (HSO) and Seebald & Associates International announce a new partnership for the International Facility Security Conference (iFSO), 17 – 19 September 2013. International Facility Security Officer Conference […]

  • Panama finds two MiG jet fuselages

    Panamanian security forces searching a North Korean ship detained last week for illegally carrying weapons have found two military jet fuselages. The cargo search continues. Seized N Korean ship: Panama […]

  • N Korea urges Panama to release ship

    In its first comments on the case, North Korea has urged Panama to release without delay its ship and crew, seized after weapons were found on board. North Korea urges Panama […]

  • Maritime authority to boost capabilities

    Approved by the State Council in June, the plan highlights the expanded duties of maritime law enforcement, improving the protection and utilization of oceanic resources and better safeguarding China’s maritime […]

  • Jakarta passes the buck on asylum-seekers

    The primary strategy of transit countries such as Indonesia in response to the influx of asylum-seekers is to pass the buck to destination countries such as Australia. Jakarta passes the […]

  • AIS For All

    All vessels using international waters should be identifiable and be part of a global tracking system to close a “security loophole” on the high seas. Concern over ‘high seas security […]