Italian police on Tuesday arrested ten foreign nationals, most of whom from Iraqi Kurdistan, who allegedly set up a criminal organization involved in aiding and abetting clandestine migration including through procurement and counterfeiting documents.
A Sudanese migrant has killed an immigration official in the southern French city of Pau after his asylum request was rejected. The 38-year-old assailant is now in police custody.
Fifteen people were jailed and nine were put on house arrest by police in southern Italy. They allegedly belonged to two organizations that sold stay permits to people living abroad.
Police in northern Italy have arrested a woman who recruited young Nigerian women into forced prostitution. The woman has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
Three people have been served house arrest warrants and a residency ban in the town of Prato, Tuscany. They allegedly exploited dozens of migrant workers.
The deportees landed in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, February 9. They departed the German city Munich earlier that day.
An Italian public prosecutor has requested prison sentences for those involved in an alleged illegal "system" run by some non-profit organizations in Milan. Those on trial are accused of falsifying documents to profit from the reception of hundreds of migrants.
Authorities in Italy's southern Puglia region are trying to fight the gangmaster system. They have rebranded the migrant tent camp in the city of Foggia, a 'Citadel of Hospitality' to try and end exploitation.
More than 400 police officers were involved in raids in four different German states and Austria against an international people smuggling ring on Tuesday morning. The ring is thought to have trafficked more than 100 people, mostly from Syria, illegally into Germany. Five suspects were arrested, a total of 19 are being investigated.
A British court has heard accounts from the families of 39 people who were found dead in the back of a lorry near London in October 2019. Four men convicted of manslaughter face possible life sentences.
A new report from the police watchdog in the UK has warned British police against passing the details of abused migrant women to the Home Office. They say sharing information can prevent potential victims from approaching the police if they fear they risk deportation.
The pair were part of a gang of human traffickers who offered a "VIP" service to smuggle migrants into the UK. Prosecutors labelled them as "unscrupulous" and "greedy."