Frontex: Severe winter weather contributes to a 60% drop in irregular border crossings in January
Severe winter storms and rough seas across key migratory routes contributed to a sharp 60% year-on-year drop in irregular border
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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.
A criminal organization that sexually exploited undocumented women has been dismantled in the Balearic Islands
The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization that sexually exploited undocumented women, mostly young women from South America, primarily
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Polish Border Guard officers intercept foreigners illegally crossing the Polish border
On February 6th, officers from the Rutka-Tartak Border Guard Station detained four foreigners (two Ethiopian citizens and two Somali citizens)
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Foreigners who illegally entered Poland were transported to Western Europe by a courier from Lithuania
On February 6th, a Border Guard patrol near the border in the Szypliszki commune detained four migrants who had illegally
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Foreign citizens discovered hidden in a truck carrying metal barriers by border police
On the evening of 2 February 2026, a joint border-security operation on DN 5 led to the discovery of two
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Migrants stopped from illegally travelling to Europe by Romanian border police
In a coordinated effort, Romanian and Bulgarian border police conducted a routine inspection near the Calafat-Vidin Bridge toll station, where
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Operation Liberterra III: Seven arrested during international crackdown on people smuggling
Seven suspects have been arrested in the United Kingdom as the National Crime Agency collaborated with police and international partners
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Five arrested by the NCA in lorry people smuggling investigation
Five people have been arrested and charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation targeting a suspected organised crime
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Ten migrants discovered by Dolj border police in a truck
Romanian Border police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Inspectorate, in collaboration with their Bulgarian counterparts, conducted a routine
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Leaders and participants in a criminal group involved in illegal migration were detained by the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior
In a specialized police operation against illegal migration, carried out by several structures of the Ministry of Interior,16 Bulgarian and
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Issue Alert – Your latest issue of Border Security Report has arrived
Download your copy of Border Security Report at www.border-security-report.com/BSR Please find here your downloadable copy of the January/February 2026 issue
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NCA make second arrest in investigation into suspected cross-border people smuggling
A second man has been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into alleged people smuggling from Ireland
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Large migrant smuggling operation in Bulgaria leads to 16 arrests
A Bulgarian-led investigation, carried out in close cooperation with the Hellenic Police and supported by Europol, has led to the
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Interpol coordinated global operation safeguards 4,400 potential trafficking victims, detects 13,000 irregular migrants
A global operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the safeguarding of 4,414 potential victims of human trafficking and the
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US CBP Marine Interdiction Agents intercept migrant vessel with Uzbeki and Russian aliens near Vieques, Puerto Rico
Marine Interdiction Agents from Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, intercepted a sailing
Read moreFugitive members of small boat people smuggling network who sexually abused migrants are extradited
Two men convicted over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring have been extradited to Belgium following a joint
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Two foreign citizens pre-emptively arrested for migrant smuggling, following an action by the Romanian border police in Timișoara
Border police apprehended two individuals after they failed to comply with a legal summons. One of the suspects, an Afghan
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26 migrants discovered by Romanian border police
Romanian border police officers from the Giurgiu Border Police Territorial Inspectorate, in collaboration with Bulgarian border police, conducted a routine
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