Citizens of BiH attempted to smuggle a citizen of Austria
Citizens of BiH attempted to smuggle a citizen of Austria On 26 August 2020, officers of Border Police Unit Velika
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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 for trafficking dismantled in Lithuania, the UK and Ireland
Judicial authorities and police in Lithuania, United Kingdom and Ireland, with support from Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a criminal
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Air and Marine Operations Crews Intercept Migrant Smuggling Vessel in Florida Keys
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents, along with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and Monroe
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18 arrested in crackdown on Lithuanian gang trafficking victims to Ireland and the UK to sell heroin
On 26 August, law enforcement and judicial authorities have made 18 arrests during a massive coordinated operation to smash an
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Spanish National Police dismantled two organizations that allegedly trafficked irregular immigrants between Spain and France
It is estimated that the organizations, based in Bilbao and Vitoria, would have facilitated the crossing into France of several
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Twelve Syrian people hid in van discovered by Romanian Border Police
Arad border police found twelve people from Syria in a van driven by a Syrian citizen, whom the driver intended
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US ICE HSI agents work with Mexico, Guatemala, Spain and Austria to disrupt and dismantle the Popescu alien smuggling organization
Luigi Cristinel Popescu of Cernatesti, a Romanian national, was extradited to the United States over the weekend and made his
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Situation at EU external borders – Arrivals picking up, still down for the year
In the first seven months of this year, the number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by
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The Spanish National Police dismantles an international network that sexually exploited Colombian women
The first phase was developed during the month of March of this year in the provinces of Jaén and Córdoba
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Taking action against human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Niger
Criminal networks who trade in the lives of people through human trafficking and migrant smuggling are expanding their illicit activities
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US Coast Guard, CBP interdicts 1 suspected smuggler, 16 migrants 14 miles east of Haulover Inlet Coast Guard, CBP interdicts 1 suspected smuggler, 16 migrants
The US Coast Guard, along with Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection halted a migrant smuggling operation
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NCA arrest two suspected people smugglers
Two men suspected of facilitating illegal immigrants into the UK have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency
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“You cannot clap with one hand”: UNODC and African States prioritize regional cooperation in combating organized crime in the context of COVID-19
Ministers from Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Djibouti, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso came together with the African Union (AU) Permanent Observer
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US Feds intercept incomplete cross-border subterranean tunnel
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel Tuesday after
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A group of illegal immigrants detained in Silesia
The Silesian Border Guard Department detained 34 foreigners who had illegally taken from Slovakia to Poland in a truck trailer. The
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Three U.S. Citizens Arrested for Smuggling 52 Illegal Aliens in Stake Bed Truck
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro station arrested three U. S. citizens for smuggling 52
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As Channel crossing numbers surge, two charged in small boat people smuggling investigation
Two men have been charged as part of an Immigration Enforcement investigation into a suspected small boat people smuggling incident
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Movement should be safe for migrants; not profitable for smugglers
Clampdowns on low-level smugglers have helped turn the industry into a multimillion-dollar global business As legal avenues for migration have
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