Frontex

Frontex | October 30, 2016

Today, ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives from 29 EU Member States and Schengen-Associated countries participated in the second Frontex Ambassadors’ Day, hosted at the agency’s headquarters in Warsaw. Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri and Deputy Executive Director Berndt Koerner told the guests about the strategic priorities for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, which has been built on the foundations of Frontex. The guests were also updated on the cu...

Frontex | October 22, 2016

This week, Frontex hosted a meeting of experts representing 26 African countries and various international organisations to discuss topics related to border management, such as prevention of people smuggling and trafficking, terrorism and other forms of cross-border crime. For the first time, representatives of Algeria and Libya took part in the three-day conference. “Securing one’s borders, promoting bona fide travel and building a common situational awareness at the borders cannot ...

Frontex | October 21, 2016

More than 40 tonnes of hashish worth some 63 million euros were seized during the Frontex-coordinated joint maritime Operation EPN Indalo 2016 in less than two months since it was launched. Frontex runs Operation Indalo to support Spain in border surveillance and to combat cross-border crime off its coast in the Mediterranean Sea. Many of the vessels carrying drugs that were intercepted as part of the Frontex operation were spotted by a surveillance aircraft contributed by Italy’s Guardia ...

Frontex | July 20, 2016

The public option is back in the discussion about health insurance – and the agent community fears it would further hamper their ability to serve clients while doing nothing to rein in costs....