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  392 stolen vehicles recovered in Project NoCargo pilot, valued at $28 million

  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  August 6, 2026

  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) working in close collaboration with INTERPOL Ottawa, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), and Canadian financial institutions, have prevented the export of hundreds of vehicles obtained through fraudulent means as part of a pilot project launched last year. Project NoCargo was launched in June 2025 by the RCMP’s Federal Policing Criminal Operations – Financial Crime (FPCO FC) program, assisted by INTERPOL Ottawa, with the goal of investigating suspicious vehicle exports. One year later, Project NoCargo continues to deliver real results in the fight against auto theft and financial crime.

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  Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia

  europol

  August 6, 2026

  A coordinated international operation has dealt a significant blow to two international migrant smuggling networks with close links to Libya and the Western Balkans, leading to the arrest of three High Value Targets in Germany and Serbia. This follows several years of intensive and extensive investigations led by the German Federal Police under the direction of three Bavarian Public Prosecutors’ Offices. The action day, carried out on 5 August 2026, brought together authorities from Germany and Serbia under the framework of an Operational Taskforce coordinated by Europol. Investigators targeted senior members of two interconnected Syrian criminal networks believed to have organised the smuggling of more than 900 migrants into the European Union.

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  Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

  UK Government

  August 6, 2026

  Today, Thursday 6^th August, the UK Government has designated the following individual and 12 entities, and specified the following 6 ships, under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations. Designated Individual:

  Name:	Unique ID:
  Aleksander Aleksandrovich ZHDANOV	RUS3708

    Designated Entities:

  Name:	Unique ID:
  NORTHERN ENGINEERING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY	RUS3701
  FRION SHIP MANAGEMENT LLP	RUS3703
  LLC METALLKOMPLEKT	RUS3704
  LLC NIKOM	RUS3705
  LLC PROMSIZ	RUS3706
  LLC TECHNOLUX	RUS3707
  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY "OZON BANK"	RUS3709
  STATE SPECIALIZED RUSSIAN EXPORT-IMPORT BANK (JOINT-STOCK COMPANY)	RUS3710
  PJSC COMMERCIAL BANK "CENTER-INVEST"	RUS3711
  JOINT STOCK COMPANY REALIST BANK	RUS3712
  PJSC BANK STAVR	RUS3713
  JOINT STOCK COMPANY TELEPORT BANK	RUS3714