Spotlight report: migrant smuggling networks and their methods

The facilitation of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings continue to be among the most serious criminal threats facing the European Union. Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC)... Read more »

330 arrests during Eu-wide joint action days

The joint activities targeted the trafficking of drugs and weapons and the facilitation of illegal immigration in Southeast Europe Spain, supported by Europol, coordinated Europe-wide joint action days targeting... Read more »

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Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil join forces with Europol

On 17 January 2018, Europol supported seven mixed teams of Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and Guardia Civil in a successful strike against Iraqi illegal immigration in which six... Read more »

Organised crime network involved in facilitated illegal immigration dismantled in Spain

With the support of Europol, the Spanish Guardia Civil has dismantled a criminal network accused of facilitating illegal immigration from Morocco to Spain, as well as trafficking hashish. It... Read more »