Migrant smuggling
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29 May 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A migrant smuggling operation has been dismantled by Romanian and Moldovan authorities, with the support of Eurojust. From 2019 until now, an organised crime group (OCG) smuggled over 100 migrants to the Schengen Area, demanding up to EUR 5 000 for the transport. On 27 May, authorities searched 11...
24 April 2024|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities in Romania, Italy and Austria have dismantled a criminal network that abused work visas to smuggle over 500 Pakistani, Bengali and Egyptian migrants to various EU Member States. In total, 12 suspects have been formally identified and will be charged during an action day with the active...
26 March 2024|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
On 8 and 9 November 2023, Eurojust hosted its seventh Annual Meeting on Migrant Smuggling, also a meeting of the Focus Group of prosecutors and investigative judges on migrant smuggling. In 2023, the participants discussed legislative initiatives combatting migrant smuggling by the European...
22 February 2024|PRESS RELEASE
A large-scale operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, led to the dismantling of one of the most active networks involved in the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel in small boats. The...
21 February 2024|PRESS RELEASE
31 January 2024|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
To support the work of the Focus Group on Migrant Smuggling and all practitioners, Eurojust collected definitions of the criminal offences migrant smuggling or facilitation of irregular migration from EU Member States. Information for this document was provided by the members of the Focus Group on...
15 November 2023|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities in Belgium and Greece have dismantled a network that was smuggling irregular migrants via Belgian airports to other European countries, including Norway. Mainly Iraqi migrants travelled from Greece to Charleroi and Brussels on falsified or stolen documents, paying at least between EUR 5...
09 November 2023|NEWS
On 8 and 9 November, Eurojust hosted its seventh Annual Meeting on Migrant Smuggling. This event, organised by the Eurojust Anti-Trafficking Team, is a forum dedicated to judicial practitioners active in the fight against migrant smuggling. It also serves as the annual meeting of the Focus Group of...
08 November 2023|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
This paper summarises the discussions of the focus group of specialised prosecutors against trafficking in human beings (‘THB Focus Group of Prosecutors’) at their second meeting held at Eurojust premises on 28 and 29 June 2023. This meeting: gathered specialised prosecutors and investigative judges...
18 October 2023|PRESS RELEASE
The Belgian Court of Bruges sentenced 20 suspects today to prison terms ranging from 30 months to 11 years for their involvement in migrant smuggling. They were also ordered to pay fines of up to EUR 80 000. The suspects were arrested in July 2022 in an unprecedented international operation...
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