The grip on migrant smuggling tightens: new department at Europol to step up the fight
Europol has launched its new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS), stepping up the European Union fight against migrant smuggling
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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.
Joint investigation team continues work with added focus on illegal transfer of Ukrainian children
The joint investigation team (JIT) established at Eurojust to investigate core international crimes committed in Ukraine has had its mandate
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Jail for people smugglers who ran ‘VIP ferry service’ for migrants
Two men who ran a people smuggling ‘VIP service’ using a yacht to transport migrants from France to the UK
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Six Asian people forced to work up to 14 hours a day in La Rioja have been freed
The Spanish Civil Guard has freed six people of Asian origin, who were in conditions of labor exploitation in Calahorra
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US CBP officers apprehend five illegal aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. in 24 hours
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Hidalgo Port of Entry, including Special Response
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12 members of money laundering scheme exploiting Ukrainian women arrested in Spain
An international operation in Spain targeting a money laundering scheme resulted in the arrest of 12 suspects. The disrupted criminal
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Frontex: 52% drop in irregular border crossings in the first 2 months of 2026
Severe weather conditions across the key migratory routes into the European Union continued to contribute to the downward trend of irregular border crossings. The number
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US CBP officers apprehend five illegal aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. in 24 hours
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Hidalgo Port of Entry, including Special Response
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A human trafficking network has been dismantled and 18 women have been freed from sexual exploitation in a brothel-style villa in Madrid
Spanish National Police officers have dismantled a criminal organization allegedly dedicated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced prostitution
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Turkish driver arrested for migrant smuggling, detected by Romanian border police
Romanian order police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Service and the Giurgiu Border Police Sector recently conducted a
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Further arrests in connection with illegal border crossing
Polish officers from the Border Guard Post in Bydgoszcz detained two more men suspected of participating in organizing illegal border
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Prolific people smuggler brought down after NCA investigation
A prolific people smuggler who transported hundreds of illegal migrants to the UK in small boats and HGVs has been
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Polish Border Guards Post in cooperation with the Police, detained a Ukrainian citizen who was transporting three foreigners
On February 25th, in Grajewo, police officers, after receiving information from the Border Guard post in Rutka-Tartak about a person
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US CBP partners with U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy to intercept smuggling boats
Over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy partners conducted a series
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US CBP’s Border Patrol and Air and Marine Arrest a Cartel Scout
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents in coordination with Yuma Air Branch Air and Marine agents arrested a cartel smuggling scout
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Man wanted over fatal small boat crossing arrested by NCA
A man wanted in connection with a fatal small boat crossing last year has been arrested in Liverpool by officers
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Suspected people smuggler arrested and charged in joint operation
A suspected people smuggling boss has been arrested in Birmingham as part of a joint investigation involving the National Crime
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US CBP agents disrupt alien smuggling operation
On Jan. 31, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector disrupted an active alien smuggling operation and
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