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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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.
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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Another Human Smuggling Attempt Utilizing a Belly Dump Trailer
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Freer Station checkpoint on United States Highway 59 intercepted another dangerous human smuggling attempt involving a
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Violent trafficking network smuggling migrants and exploiting minors taken down in France and Belgium
Last week a Franco-Belgian investigation supported by Europol uncovered a large criminal network involved in migrant smuggling, trafficking of human
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Unscrupulous Human Smugglers
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Tucson Sector continue to see human smuggling organizations jeopardize migrants’ lives by putting them in
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Twelve arrested for smuggling migrants in small boats across the English channel – The criminal networked risked the lives of hundreds of migrants while transporting them from France to the UK
A major operation involving judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, supported by
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BORDER SECURITY REPORT – COVID-19, Technology Innovations and Privacy Trade-Offs
2020 like 9/11 will be one of those seminal moments, OK a whole year is a long moment, but you
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166 arrested in international crackdown against crime in Southeast Europe
A total of 34 countries teamed up last week to combat organised and serious international crime originating from Southeast Europe
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Romania and UK judicial authorities jointly dismantle ‘loverboy’ criminal network specialized in trafficking and sexually exploiting young girls
During a Joint Action Day, judicial and law enforcement authorities in The UK and Romania have arrested 21 members of
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Prevented smuggling of 32 Afro-Asians in the area of Osmaci municipality in BiH
On 16 September 2020 after midnight, officers of Border Police Unit Zvornik and Central Investigation Office in cooperation with officers
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ICE, Brazil Federal Police arrest alleged leader of major human smuggling organization
The alleged leader of a major human smuggling organization that had smuggled individuals from the Middle East (primarily Iran) into
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SEF detains suspect for trafficking in human beings
The Immigration and Borders service (SEF) has detained, yesterday, at Lisboa Airport, a 45-year-old man for evidences of trafficking in
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Romania and UK judicial authorities jointly dismantle ‘loverboy’ criminal network specialized in trafficking and sexually exploiting young girls
During a Joint Action Day executed on the 9th of September 2020, judicial and law enforcement authorities in The UK
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52 people from Syria and Palestine found hidden in two vehicles
Romanian border guards at the Nadlac II Border Crossing Point have spotted fifty-two Syrian and Palestinian citizens trying to cross
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