UNODC supports INTERPOL to target migrant smuggling and human trafficking
An INTERPOL-led operation against migrant smuggling has led to more than 200 arrests among criminal networks that were involved in
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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.
Lorry driver charged with attempting to smuggle migrants including alleged child sex offender
A Romanian lorry driver has been charged with attempting to smuggle migrants – including a man suspected of child sex
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Arup works to combat Human Trafficking by driving awareness within the aviation industry
Arup’s principal value is ‘to shape a better world’ and the firm is committed to doing that in a number
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Human traffickers swiftly taken to court with support of Eurojust
Nine members of a Romanian Organised Crime Group (OCG) have now formally been charged in Romania and Finland for human
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Latest Podcast Live from the Border
In the latest of this great series of podcasts, brought to you by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, Border Security
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UNODC Trains Female Law Enforcement Officers to Address Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) 2018 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons highlights that human trafficking
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The situation at EU external borders – Arrivals down in Western and Eastern Mediterranean
In October, the number of illegal border crossings was 19% lower than in the previous month, reaching 10 900. Western
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Five women freed in an operation against human trafficking for sexual exploitation
The Spanish National Police and the Civil Guard in the so-called “Carpathian-Liberty-Luboca” operation, have detained seven people belonging to a
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Three men charged in NCA people smuggling investigation
Three men have been charged with people smuggling offences after a fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of East
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US Border Patrol Foils Flatbed Trailer Human Smuggling Attempt
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint foiled a human smuggling attempt in a flatbed trailer
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Border Patrol Foils Flatbed Trailer Human Smuggling Attempt
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint foiled a human smuggling attempt in a flatbed trailer
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IOM Launches a Guide on Counter-Trafficking Information Management in Humanitarian Settings
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the “Counter-Trafficking in Emergencies: Information Management Guide” to provide guidance on how
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Groups of Afghan citizens found by Romanian Border Guards Smuggled in Trucks
Romanian Border guards at the Nadlac II Border Crossing Point found two groups of eleven Afghan citizens trying to cross
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Dismantling of a criminal organization in Kos with action in the illegal trafficking of immigrants from Turkey to Greece
The dismantling of a criminal organization that was active in the illegal trafficking of migrants from Turkey to Greece –
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UNODC & Ethiopia Join Forces to End Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
Every year, thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked and exploited. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is a serious crime
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Lorry driver jailed for trying to smuggle migrants out of the UK
A Romanian lorry driver has been jailed for 31 months for attempting to smuggle a group of migrants out of
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28 people arrested in Barcelona in an operation against the regularization of foreign citizens
Agents of the National Police, in a joint operation with EUROPOL, have dismantled in Barcelona a criminal organization allegedly dedicated
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Federal Police discover five Afghans smuggled in back of truck
Five Afghan citizens without residence permits were discovered on the loading area of the Bulgarian truck by the German Federal
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