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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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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Virtual Assets Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Virtual assets use innovative technology to swiftly transfer value around the world and have many potential benefits, including making payments
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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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24 arrested in cross-border trafficking operation
Twenty-four people have been arrested during a Police Scotland led, internationally co-ordinated operation targeting an organised crime gang suspected of
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Hidden in truck trailers, they illegally entered Poland
Officers from the Nadodrzański Polish Border Guard Unit detained eight illegal immigrants from Syria with a truck driver carrying them
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New USD 1.5 million Law Enforcement Project to Counter Trafficking in Persons in Ethiopia
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
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Guide detained for migrant trafficking. Seventeen Syrians were to be helped to cross the border illegally
Border policemen from the Territorial Inspectorate of the Timişoara Border Police found, in a van driven by a Serbian citizen,
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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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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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