July 4 Weekend Saw Multiple Attempts to Enter U.S. Illegally Off Southern California Coast
Federal officials stopped multiple attempts to illegally enter the U.S. by sea along the coast of Southern California over the
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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.
Criminal network that smuggled migrants across Europe dismantled
Eurojust and Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), have assisted authorities in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland, Germany and Hungary
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US RGV Border Agents Disrupt Human Smuggling Events and Encounter More Large Groups
Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents encountered 403 migrants in three large groups and disrupted two human smuggling
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Arrests in France in connection with Channel small boat deaths
UK’s National Crime Agency officers have assisted an operation in France that has seen more than a dozen arrests in
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Migrants rescued from locked toolboxes
U.S. Border Patrol Agents have disrupted 25 human smuggling events rescuing 170 migrants in the last seven days. The most
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Del Rio Sector US CBP Agents Encounters Three Large Groups of Migrants
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector apprehended three large groups of migrants in less than six
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Major operation against migrant smuggling in the English Channel: 39 arrests
Supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
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US CBP Agents Continue to Encounter Large Groups
In recent days, Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents encountered 1,171 migrants in eight large groups and disrupted
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More than 130 arrests during EU-wide action against child trafficking
In a joint action supported by Europol, officers of the participating European law enforcement entities and labour inspectorate authorities arrested
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Transnational crime threats faced by Africa focus of INTERPOL
From human and drug trafficking to terrorism and cybercrime, the range of security challenges faced by Africa is the focus
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Operation Weka II: Nearly 700 human trafficking victims rescued
In an INTERPOL-led crackdown on the criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling, authorities across 44 countries have rescued
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10 arrests for sexual exploitation in France, Spain and Portugal
he French Border Police (Police National/Police aux frontières), the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), the Portuguese Judicial Police (Polícia Judiciária)
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People smuggler jailed over cross-Channel migrant lorry conspiracy
An Irish national has been handed a four year jail sentence after admitting his part in an international people smuggling
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NAPTIP DG Calls for Stiffer Penalty Commensurable with Magnitude of Offences
Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri- Azi, has called
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Human traffickers luring Ukrainian refugees on the web targeted in EU-wide hackathon
On 23 May 2022, an EMPACT coordinated online joint action day targeted criminal networks grooming Ukrainian refugees for sexual and
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US Border Patrol halted a human smuggling attempt at Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint
On June 14, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents prevented a human smuggling attempt at the Interstate Highway 35 (IH-35) checkpoint
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The person involved in the case of illegal transportation of conscripts across the border was declared a suspect
In April 2022, law enforcement officers detained three local citizens who were planning to transport three Ukrainian citizens of conscription
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US Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents encountered 594 migrants in four large groups and identified a human stash house
Over the last several days, RGV agents encountered four large groups totaling 594 migrants Starr and Hidalgo County. The groups
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