As part of a package to address migrant smuggling, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation to strengthen police cooperation and Europol's role in the fight against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (COM(2023) 754). The proposal was not supported by an...

Efficient and interconnected logistics networks, like postal services, provide powerful tools for criminal groups to organize cross-border drug trafficking by exploiting legitimate infrastructure. Despite postal services becoming inadvertent facilitators in smuggling, focused research on this...

Rising poverty and social and political unrest are pushing increasing numbers of people towards criminal networks that facilitate unauthorised entry, transit or stay in the EU. This new CORDIS results pack features seven EU-funded projects that contribute to the fight against migrant smuggling.

Tackling migrant smuggling in the digital space presents significant challenges for judicial authorities across Europe. Organised criminal groups use digital tools, online platforms, social media and encrypted telephones to offer their illegal services. Increasingly, this digital dimension of...

Rising poverty and social and political unrest are pushing increasing numbers of people towards criminal networks that facilitate unauthorised entry, transit or stay in the EU. This new CORDIS results pack features seven EU-funded projects that contribute to the fight against migrant smuggling.

Rising poverty and social and political unrest are pushing increasing numbers of people towards criminal networks that facilitate unauthorised entry, transit or stay in the EU. This new CORDIS results pack features seven EU-funded projects that contribute to the fight against migrant smuggling.

Migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (THB) pose a serious threat to the EU's security, as well as to the irregular migrants and THB victims involved. Both crime areas are embedded in the broader serious and organised crime environment, with criminals taking advantage of existing...

In May 2023 Frontex coordinated a joint action day (JAD) against the smuggling of counterfeit goods at the external EU borders, including maritime ones. The JAD was implemented under EMPACT and was led and co-led respectively by Bulgaria and Portugal. The operational activity also focused on the...