On 4 December 2024, an operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from France and Germany, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, targeted a large criminal network involved in migrant smuggling activities across the English Channel. The French-led investigation focused on an Iraqi-Kurdish network suspected of illegally smuggling middle-Eastern and East African migrants from France to the United Kingdom using non-EU… Read More
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21 boats confiscated and 13 arrested in hit against migrant smuggling across the English Channel
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