Europol, working in conjunction with Romanian, Slovenian and Austrian authorities has broken up a human trafficking gang that charged migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria up to 7, 000... read more →
Dozens of properties were raided in Germany and Romania as part of a joint investigation into a massive human trafficking ring based in the western Romanian city of Timişoara. The... read more →
The UK’s National Crime Agency’s (NCA) is touring a photo exhibition to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking. The exhibition features images taken by photographers Rory Carnegie, Juliette... read more →
Albania is both a country of origin and a transit country for the trafficking of men, women, and children for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour. Women who... read more →
Police in Spain have smashed a people smuggling network that used jet skis to traffic migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco. The gang, which is said to have... read more →
People smuggling gangs are offering migrants the opportunity to be trafficked from Morocco to Spain by toy dinghy or jet ski, the EU’s border protection agency has warned. Frontex said... read more →
Modern slavery risks have risen in 20 EU member states, according to a new global ranking compiled by Verisk Maplecroft. The risk analytics firm’s Modern Slavery Index 2017 identified Romania,... read more →
A British mother has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle 12 Vietnamese migrants into the UK via the Channel Tunnel. Katy Bethel was six months pregnant when she was... read more →
Spanish police have broken up an international human trafficking network involved in smuggling hundreds of Iranian illegal immigrants into Britain on commercial flights. A statement from Europol - which supported... read more →
Police across Europe have arrested more than 100 people in a Europol-backed crackdown on human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The Austrian-led operation targeted organised criminal groups trafficking vulnerable individuals into... read more →
