Frontex deploys patrol vessel to the Channel for first time
For the first time, Frontex has sent a patrol vessel to the English Channel to support French search and rescue
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.
The Spanish Civil Guard arrests four skippers of migrant boats that transported migrants to the Peninsula along the Murcian coast
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested four skippers of small boats used as taxis to transport migrants from the African
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How AI is fuelling human trafficking
Artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more present in our daily lives, shaping the way we work, study and communicate. But this
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Hidden among napkins and water: fifteen foreign citizens discovered in a freight truck in Calafat, Romania
Romanian border police officers from the Calafat Border Police Sector carried out a control on a freight truck registered in
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Frontex-coordinated operation leads to 112 arrests for suspected migrant smuggling
Border and police authorities from 17 countries have arrested 112 people suspected of smuggling migrants into the European Union. The
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US CBP Strengthens Maritime Border Security, Expands Jurisdiction
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today the establishment of four Customs Enforcement Areas, expanding its enforcement jurisdiction from 12
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Two criminal organizations dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women in situations of extreme vulnerability have been dismantled
The Spanish Civil Guard and the National Police, as part of Operation “Munib Calamitas,” have dismantled two criminal organizations allegedly
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Traffickers and illegal migrants detained at the border with Lithuania
Polish Border Guards conducted a roadside inspection of an Audi with Latvian license plates. It turned out that a 25-year-old
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A network dedicated to recruiting minors under guardianship from sub-Saharan Africa for sexual exploitation has been arrested in Gran Canaria
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a network based on the island of Gran Canaria dedicated to recruiting unaccompanied foreign
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Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia
A coordinated international operation has dealt a significant blow to two international migrant smuggling networks with close links to Libya
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78 arrests in bust of major Western Mediterranean smuggling network in Spain
The criminal network operated like a logistics company managing two-way maritime smuggling of drugs, weapons and migrants between Europe and
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US CBP Air and Marine Operations interdict panga near San Clemente Island; one subject deceased
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted a panga-style vessel carrying 21 aliens near San Clemente
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Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia
More than 900 migrants smuggled as international investigation targets senior facilitators A coordinated international operation has dealt a significant blow
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US CBP arrests four after maritime smuggling attempt near La Jolla
San Diego Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested four people after they illegally entered the United States aboard a maritime
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US CBP, AMO apprehend 37 illegal migrants in two maritime smuggling events in Puerto Rico
The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization specializing in laundering money obtained from scams committed both in Spain and
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New UNODC report reveals scale of South-East Asia’s ever more interconnected criminal economy
South-East Asia’s criminal ecosystem has undergone a fundamental restructuring, according to a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
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Turkish driver, pre-trial arrested after transporting 15 foreign citizens hidden in a truck
Romanian Border police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Sector, in cooperation with their Bulgarian counterparts, stopped for control, on
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Polish Police and Border Guards detained two couriers and twelve foreigners who illegally crossed the border from Lithuania to Poland.
The first arrest took place on July 20th in the Wiżajny commune. Officers from the Border Guard Post in Rutka-Tartak
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