U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations has announced it is waiving the requirement for Air Interdiction Agent minimum flight hours for the next year. “Due to the critical ...

This unwitting victory was short-lived as insurgent groups adapted and fabricated their own drones or found substitutes for hard-to-procure parts. Still, using the open market demonstrated a unique ...

The routes and methods used by drug traffickers are in constant flux, but it is not easy to pinpoint the causes of these shifts. However, it is clear that interdiction programs have failed to halt ...

"I'm going to create borders," Donald Trump promised while running for president in 2016. "No drugs are coming in. We're gonna build a wall." Halfway through his term, the president's faith in "the ...

With the sophistication of drug smuggling involving vehicles some dealers are using the various shipping companies to facilitate their trades. Those canine handlers who train but miss the opportunity ...

A U.S. think tank analysis warns that the Trump administration's use of strikes on alleged drug vessels poses serious risks. Here, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigorous offloads seized ...

Wrap Technologies (WRAP) announced a milestone in its modern defense: the first known air-to-air interdiction using the Company’s patented BolaWrap entanglement system. The test was conducted in ...

Every time a cocaine smuggling route is blocked by limited interdiction efforts, other routes become more attractive and are employed by traffickers. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images The best argument ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A crackdown is underway on some of northeast Alabama’s most heavily traveled roads to catch criminals trafficking drugs and smuggling people into the United States. DeKalb ...

The global poaching crisis has induced large segments of the conservation community to call for far tougher law enforcement. Many look to policing lessons from decades of counter-narcotics efforts for ...

When the U.S. military sank a boat allegedly carrying illegal narcotics from Venezuela to the United States earlier this month, the incident created not just controversy but also a precedent. To some ...