SEF detains EU citizen indicted for crimes of THB and assisting unlawful immigration
Under an ongoing criminal investigation, the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) has complied with house detention and search judicial
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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.
More than 60 minors were identified as potential victims of human trafficking during joint action days across Europe
Europol, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom coordinated a Europe-wide joint action day targeting child trafficking. The operation, also supported
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UNODC announces Thai Case Digest on Evidential Issues in Trafficking in Persons Cases with Court of Justice
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ROSEAP)
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2020’s deadliest shipwreck so far, sees 140 migrants perish off Senegalese coast
This latest tragedy follows four shipwrecks recorded in the Central Mediterranean last week and another in the English Channel, prompting
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One To Watch – US Border Patrol Finds Migrants Stuffed in Truck Bed
U.S. Border Patrol agents foiled a smuggling attempt involving 16 Mexican nationals near Border Wall construction outside Douglas, Arizona, Thursday
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Brazilian Federal Police have caught a Turkish fugitive convicted of smuggling migrants to the United Kingdom from Belgium thanks to swift, concerted action by INTERPOL and national authorities.
In November 2017, the fugitive, whose initials are VK, was sentenced by a Belgian court to eight years in prison
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German Federal Police Border controls thwart illegal entry
The Rosenheim federal police investigated several vehicle drivers for supporting illegal entry attempts. While the car drivers were able to
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33 citizens from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, detected by Romanian border guards
Border guards at the Nadlac II Border Crossing Point found twenty-eight Syrian and Iraqi citizens hiding in a metal minibus
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One To Watch – British man jailed for involvement in concealing cocaine in customised exhaust pipes
A 57-year-old man has been jailed for a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine worth nearly £3 million concealed in customised exhaust
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Spanish Police have arrested 40 people in an operation against the promotion of illegal immigration and documentary falsification
The dismantled organization offered different modalities to obtain proof of a family link between a sponsor – natural from Ghana
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US DHS Launches New Center for Countering Human Trafficking
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced the opening of the DHS Center for Countering Human
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Four men charged for people smuggling offences
Four men have now been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation targeting people smugglers. Two Albanian brothers,
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US Border Patrol Rescues Twenty-seven Individuals Trapped in Train Cars
Overnight in two separate incidents within four hours of each other, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Hebbronville Station rescued
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The challenges of countering human trafficking in the digital era
Modern communication technologies – namely the internet, social media, and mobile applications – have significantly impacted how organised crime groups
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Linking human capital, labour markets and international mobility: an assessment of challenges in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
A new study issued by the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo on behalf
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UN report reveals linkages between human trafficking and forced marriage
Across the world, girls as young as 12 are being forced or tricked into marrying men who exploit them for
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Officers Identify 715 Potential Victims of Labour Exploitation in Two Pan-European Joint Action Days
Between 14 and 20 September 2020, Europol supported two Europe-wide joint action days against human trafficking for labour exploitation. The
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One To Watch – Human Smugglers Continue to Endanger the People they Exploit
U.S. Border Patrol agents manning the Farm to Market Road 1017 checkpoint encountered another dangerous case of human smuggling southeast
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