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 on tracking illicit profits, disrupting underground financial systems, and enhancing global cooperation with partner countries. Building on a decade of operational support, ECAMS aims to significantly scale up investigations, improve digital disruption of online recruitment and coordination…