Czech authorities have broken up a global smuggling gang, arresting five people. The gang is accused of smuggling undocumented migrants into Germany and other western European countries via the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
An Afghan man who entered Latvia via a hole in the border fence with Belarus has died of hypothermia. He is said to have been smuggled across the border along with another Afghan man.
Two men said to be people smugglers were taken into custody in Hungary on Monday following a car chase in which they opened fire on police. 21 migrants were found inside the suspects' van.
Italian police stopped and apprehended three Egyptian nationals in Catania, Sicily, on charges of smuggling a boat with 285 migrants on board which arrived in Italy on 31 August.
Italian security forces have arrested two alleged migrant smugglers in two separate operations in the country's northeastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The suspects are a Syrian national who was transporting 34 migrants and a Pakistani man who was travelling with a man from his home country who was also undocumented.
Some 26 migrants and the driver were injured when their van crashed into a house in southern Hungary, according to local media and police reports.
A group of 16 migrants from India have been detained by police in North Macedonia. They are reported to have been attempting to reach Greece on a new route being used by people smugglers.
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has sharply criticized Belarus for channeling migrants to its border, saying the move is a clear effort by President Lukashenko to "destabilize the bloc."
Greece and other European countries are increasingly using the threat of criminal proceedings against aid workers and those accused of migrant smuggling to deter asylum seekers, critics say.
Spanish police have broken up a gang that smuggled hundreds of migrants across the Balkans into the European Union, cramming them in trucks in inhumane conditions. Police in nine countries were involved in the operation, authorities said on Thursday.
Eleven people, including a baby, were found hiding in a freight train traveling from Italy to northern Germany on Sunday. Police said the stowaways were Turkish and Palestinian nationals.
Instead of paying human traffickers, increasing numbers of Tunisians are buying their own boats and organizing do-it-yourself ocean journeys to Europe. It appears to be a growing trend.