Europol joined forces in a French-led operation in Spain that dismantled a fake ID factory, seizing around 800 forged documents and exposing a criminal marketplace linked to migrant smuggling networks

The suspect allegedly operated an online marketplace supplying fake identity and administrative documents to criminal networks across Europe, facilitating migrant smuggling, illegal residence applications, and movement within the EU. Authorities uncovered a fully...

Europol launches the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling to disrupt tech-enabled smuggling networks using intelligence, OSINT, and financial investigations to dismantle criminal operations

The new centre strengthens intelligence-led policing by combining OSINT, advanced analytics, and financial investigations to map criminal networks, identify high-value targets, and dismantle entire smuggling operations rather than individual cases. It will also focus...