Europol and a coalition of international law enforcement agencies have broken up a people smuggling network that had been trafficking migrants into Europe for more than a decade. Members of... read more →
Mafia gangsters have made tens of millions of euros after taking charge of one of Europe’s largest migrant reception centres, prosecutors allege. Police in Italy have arrested 68 people with... read more →
Fears are growing a fire that destroyed a migrant camp in Dunkirk could result in the creation of a new Jungle shantytown in northern France and increase the number of... read more →
At least 5,000 international organised crime gangs are currently under investigation in the EU, Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) 2017 has revealed. This number represents a significant... read more →
Like other Sunni extremist terror organisations, Daesh initially received much of its funding from wealthy Arab donors in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. As the jihadi group grew,... read more →
Charites that recuse migrants off the coast of Libya are encouraging trafficking gangs to send more people across the Mediterranean in unseaworthy boats, the chief of EU border agency Frontex... read more →
People smuggling gangs are increasingly using social media platforms such as Facebook and Telegram to advertise their services, according to a new report. Published to mark the one-year anniversary of... read more →
Hundreds of migrants this morning stormed a fence separating Spain’s North African Ceuta enclave from Morocco. CCTC footage showed the would-be asylum seekers wielding clubs and shears as they broke... read more →
Five hotel workers from northern France have been arrested on suspicion of helping an Albanian people smuggling gang traffic migrants into the UK. The hotel managers are accused of allowing... read more →
Police in Italy have broken up an organised migrant smuggling gang that charged people €1,000 each to be trafficked into France in the back of overloaded vehicles. The operation was... read more →
