Migrants attempted to cross the Polish border in groups of several dozen
Foreigners who attempted to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border on July 15 came from countries including Yemen, Iran, Ethiopia, and
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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.
Sentences totalling almost 80 years handed out as two migrant cannabis farm gangs are jailed following major NCA investigations
Eight people have been handed jail sentences totalling almost 80 years following two separate National Crime Agency investigations into their
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158 human traffickers arrested and 1 194 victims safeguarded in global operation
A major operation against human trafficking has resulted in the safeguarding of 1 194 potential victims and the arrest of
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Two-way migrant smuggling network busted in France and Spain
Europol supported the French National Police (Police Nationale/OLTIM Perpignan) and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional/UCRIF Central) in dismantling an
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INTERPOL releases new information on globalization of scam centres
Human trafficking-fueled scam centres have expanded their global footprint, according to a new crime trend update released by INTERPOL. As
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Nine foreign citizens without the right to travel in the Schengen area, detected by border police
Border police officers from the Nădlac Border Police Sector of Romania carried out random and unsystematic checks on the communication routes near
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People smuggling gang crammed migrants into refrigerated lorries
A London-based people smuggling ring that loaded migrants into lorry trailers and attempted dangerous journeys from the UK to France
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8 arrests for migrant smuggling and drug trafficking across the Mediterranean
The gang used minors as skippers in its criminal operations to minimise the risk of detection Europol has supported Spanish
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Bulgarian authorities arrest 18 for smuggling migrants across its southern border
A criminal network smuggling mainly Syrian migrants from Türkiye to Western Europe has been taken down following a coordinated action
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US CBP agents intercept human smugglers, seize firearms in highway stop
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Diego Sector prevented a human smuggling attempt during a vehicle stop that
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Download your copy of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR Please find here your downloadable copy of the May/June 2025 issue
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Eurojust supports successful operation against human traffickers
Authorities have tracked down and dismantled a human trafficking network operating in Switzerland. The criminal group recruited young vulnerable women
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US CBP Intelligence Unit and local law enforcement thwart smuggling operation
The Rio Grande Valley Sector Intelligence Unit (RGV SIU) provided crucial real-time intelligence to local law enforcement that led to
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Two Romanian citizens arrested for migrant smuggling
Romanian and Bulgarian border police officers, on mission on DN 5, stopped two cars registered in Romania for control. At
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15 migrant smugglers arrested in multi-stage operation
During an action day conducted in Belgium and Germany, coordinated by Europol, seven suspected members of an internationally operating smuggling
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14 foreign citizens without the right to travel in the Schengen area detected by border police
Romanian border police officers from the Nădlac Border Police Sector have carried out random and unsystematic checks in the area of competence.
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US CBP arrests human smuggler after high-speed pursuit near Three Points
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Tucson Sector arrested a U.S. citizen and two Mexican nationals Sunday following a high-speed
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US CBP AMO finds four aliens from Uzbekistan being smuggled into Vieques, Puerto Rico
Air and Marine Operations (AMO), an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, interdicted a vessel Wednesday with four
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