Common approach needed to tackle abuse via sham marriages
A broad common approach, involving administrations such as civil registries and consulates, is instrumental to tackling the fraud and abuse
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Frontex co-leads operation to fight trafficking in children
388 suspected traffickers were arrested and 249 potential victims identified in a Europe-wide joint action day targeting child trafficking. The
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ICMPD Turkey support Turkey’s anti-trafficking response through targeted capacity building and awareness raising
Trafficking in human beings (THB) is a global phenomenon. Turkey has continuously improved its anti-trafficking response since early 2000s to
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Three BiH citizens apprehended for smuggling of migrants
As part of the Operational Action ‘Sava 317-395’, on 1 November 2020, members of Border Police Unit Brod apprehended a
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UNODC & Saudi Arabia Join Forces to Protect Victims of Human Trafficking
Economic opportunities in Saudi Arabia have been attracting migrant workers for over eight decades, and as the Kingdom gradually opens
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Polish Border Guards discover migrants hidden the trailer travelling to The Netherlands
Officers from the Polish Bug River Border Guard Department and the Customs Department in Hrebenne discovered two illegal migrants while
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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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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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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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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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