8 arrested in Romania for smuggling migrants along the Balkan route
An operation led by the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) and the Romanian Border Police (Poliția de Frontieră), supported by Europol
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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.
US CBP Announces Expanded Operations Targeting Transnational Criminal Organizations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently provided an update on its ongoing enforcement efforts against Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs)
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US Border Patrol agents rescue migrants stowed away in a locked train compartment at Laredo Sector
US CBP agents assigned to Cotulla Station discovered and rescued another 20 migrants stowed away in a locked train compartment.
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Nine foreign citizens, found hidden among frozen bread by Romanian border police
A 28-year-old Turkish citizen presented himself for border formalities on his way out of the country. The man was driving
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US CBP AMO intercepts vessel transporting 511 pounds of cocaine near Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico
US CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) intercepted Thursday a vessel 9 nautical miles southwest of Desecheo Island, seizing 511
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79 people rescued by the Romanian border police on the Frontex mission in the Mediterranean
On the evening of June 30, 2024, border police on board MAI 3604 were informed by the crew of an
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US CBP Foils Human Smuggling Attempts
Utilizing imaging technology at the northern border, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Grand Forks Sector stopped three separate illegal
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US CBP agents rescue migrants stowed away in a locked train compartment
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Cotulla Station discovered and rescued 23 migrants stowed away in a locked
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EU external borders: Irregular border crossings fall one third in the first half of 2024
The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union in the first six months of 2024 fell by almost
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Eleven foreign nationals discovered hidden on metal rollers transported by a Turkish driver
At the Nădlac ll Border Crossing Point, Arad County, a 41-year-old Turkish citizen presented himself for border formalities on his way out
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Nineteen Syrian citizens tried to enter the country illegally by crossing the Danube river in a boat
Border police officers stopped a car in which there were two Romanian citizens, who could not they justify their presence
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219 criminals arrested and 1,374 victims identified in action week against human trafficking
A large-scale joint operation against human trafficking has led to 219 arrests and the identification of 1,374 potential victims, including
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Deaths highlight dangers of crossing border
The US CBP El Paso Sector is seeing an increase in heat and dehydration injuries and fatalities among migrants attempting
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A criminal organization dedicated to human trafficking, drugs and currency counterfeiting has been dismantled
Agents of the Spanish National Police, in collaboration with EUROPOL and the French National Police, have dismantled a criminal organization
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Polish Border Guard officers tackle an organized criminal group
Officers from the Border Guard Station in Radom dismantled an organized criminal group specializing in organizing the illegal crossing of
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Migrant smuggling operation taken down by Romanian and Moldovan authorities
A migrant smuggling operation has been dismantled by Romanian and Moldovan authorities, with the support of Eurojust. From 2019 until
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US Border Patrol apprehends 13 undocumented migrants from the Dominican Republic in Puerto Rico
US Border Patrol agents apprehended 13 undocumented migrants from the Dominican Republic that made landfall onboard a vessel Thursday morning
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US Border Patrol, FURA apprehends 34 undocumented migrants on the coast of Isabela, Puerto Rico
US CBP agents and Puerto Rico Police Officers apprehended 34 undocumented migrants who made landfall onboard a vessel Wednesday morning
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