All news on the topic: People Smuggling

A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.

The first wave of sanctions aimed at key figures in people-smuggling gangs have come into force in a bid to hit those involved in assisting illegal immigration to the UK.

Bosnian police arrested 18 suspects in a migrant smuggling bust along the Balkan route, seizing vehicles and key evidence in a coordinated crackdown.

Four suspected human smugglers arrested in Libya in joint UK-Libya operation targeting Mediterranean trafficking routes.

Six men have been arrested in the UK over their suspected involvement in a major people smuggling ring.