Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and partners ran a practical train-the-trainer workshop in Genoa on 23 October to help officers detect hidden compartments used by criminal networks to move illicit goods such as drugs, firearms and stolen items. The training was followed by two days of coordinated checks at the Port of Genoa. The activities took place under EMPACT, the EU platform that brings together police, customs and EU bodies to tackle Europe’s most serious criminal