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Greece

Migrant smuggling crackdown by Greek police

Suspected people smugglers said to have hidden migrants in vehicles have been arrested in Greece.

05/05/2017

Italy

Growing row in Italy over claims of NGOs colluding with smugglers

There is growing controversy in Italy over claims that some NGOs involved in the rescue of migrants at sea have been colluding with Libyan people smugglers.

29/04/2017

World News

Scores arrested in Interpol-led firearms operation

149 people have been arrested as part of a new Interpol-led operation targeting the illicit trafficking of weapons from countries in eastern Europe and the Balkans.

20/04/2017

Libya

African slaves 'sold in Libyan car parks for $200'

The United Nations’ migration agency says growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are being sold as slaves by traffickers or militia groups before being held for…

11/04/2017

India

Sex trafficking victims are getting the best revenge

A school dedicated to helping child prostitution victims become lawyers has opened in India.

06/04/2017

Germany

Frontex boss criticises NGO rescue operations in Med

NGOs react angrily to suggestions that their efforts to rescue migrants off the Libyan coast are encouraging smugglers

27/02/2017

Vatican

Vatican invites China to organ trafficking summit

The Vatican was forced to defend its decision to invite China to a conference on organ trafficking despite the country's murky recent-past regarding the issue

08/02/2017

Italy

Italian police arrest three people for arms smuggling to Libya, Iran

Three Italians have been arrested on suspicion of running an arms trafficking ring.

31/01/2017

World News

"Females make up nearly three-quarters of trafficking victims" - United Nations

Almost three quarters of victims of human trafficking worldwide are female.

22/12/2016

My Europe Series

Libya: a dead-end for migrants

Caught in the Libya's instability and lawlessness, sub-Saharan migrants are exposed to abuse, violence and trafficking.

10/12/2016

My Europe Series

Cries for help from migrants trapped in Libya

Five years after being plunged into instability after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is a major crossroads of irregular immigration and is officially home to nearly 300,000…

09/12/2016

My Europe Series

In conversation with EU defence and security official Pedro Serrano

Is there a way out for irregular migrants in Libya, or are they condemned to die there or perhaps at sea if they attempt the journey to Europe?

09/12/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Belgium agree last minute deal on CETA

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of stories making headlines in Europe’s de facto political capital.

27/10/2016

Niger

Merkel in Africa - stemming the migrant flow

The German chancellor is on the second leg of a three-country African tour which started in Mali and will finish in Ethiopia.

11/10/2016

World News

Trade in world's most-trafficked mammal banned

The world’s most trafficked mammal has gained special protection after more than a million were poached from the wild in the last decade.

28/09/2016

Hungary

Ukrainian arrested for people smuggling in Hungary

The arrest comes after 33 illegal migrants were found in the back of a van near the border with Serbia. They had identity documents with them but no Schengen visas.

10/08/2016

Italy

Migrant crisis: eight arrested in Italy on suspicion of people smuggling

Italian police have arrested eight people on suspicion of migrant smuggling and falsifying documents.

05/08/2016

My Europe Series

Human trafficking - tracking a lost generation

More than 1.2 million people fled poverty and war in 2015 hoping to find a safe haven in Europe and many of the children who have made that journey are being exploited.

15/07/2016

My Europe Series

Insiders investigates the exploitation of Syrian child labour in Turkey

Insiders visited southeast Turkey, home to a large number of Syrian refugees who have fled their war-torn country, and found many children forced to work.

15/07/2016

My Europe Series

Tracing trafficking victims

Sophie Claudet: “The UK government estimates between 10 and 13,000 people are trafficked into the country but unofficial sources say it could be up to 80,000.

15/07/2016